Bruichladdich 24 Year Old 1988 Malts of Scotland
Gingerbread
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Review by @markjedi1
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- Brand: Bruichladdich
- Type: Scotch
- Region: Islay
- ABV: 54.3%
This Laddie was bottled especially for the Islay Whisky Dinner 2012 by Malts of Scotland. It is their first Bruichladdich, by the way. That surprises me somewhat, since they seem to favour Islay whiskies (or is that just me?).
The prickly nose is very expressive with stable and sea scents in the lead, followed and conquered by leather, beeswax, gingerbread and honey. The peat is there, but is content to stay behind the curtains. Becomes sweeter after breathing. Dark fruit emerges. Some spices too. I am already halfway fond of this whisky.
It is very creamy, feisty (cloves, cinnamon, thym and pepper) and very powerful on the palate. Pretty smoky, but again the peat and oak leave the stages to allow the spotlights to the sweet flavours. Dark fruit returns, primarily rum raisins, but also a load of honey and brown sugar. A drop of balsamico. The other half of me is now fond of this whisky too.
The finish is long and smoky, remains spicy and dies a slightly drying, bitter death.
The new MoS packaging tubes proudly state ‘every bottle a benchmark’. Well, that is certainly apt for this Laddie. Around 125 EUR. Thanks to Jeroen for the sample.
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