Bruichladdich 15 Years Old

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 21 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Fresh, clean. Distinctly flowery. Slightly oily. Palate Starts with a light, clean, taste of barley-malt. Then grassy sweetness. Becomes peppery in a series of small eruptions. Very lively. Very long. Finish Characteristic salt and iron emerging. Comment More rounded and restrained than I remember, but lots of flavour development in that long middle. Bring on the Islay oysters.

Dave Broom Nose Fresh. Ozone and oak. Lifted aromas: sea thrift, lemon, malt/tablet, cinnamon bun, peaches in cream. A lovely nutty seaside (beech nuts?) air: brine, hot shells. Palate Fresh and bracing with mellow fruit (mango/orange) in yoghurt, lemon, almond and then the sea. Finish Long, warm, soft. Comment This has an extra maritime edge and is disgracefully (dangerously) drinkable.