FINISH

LIKE THE PEOPLE OF ISLAY THERE IS A GENEROSITY IN THIS BARLEY THAT GIVES A LITTLE MORE. THE FINISH IS ABOUT THE FRUIT, DRIED APRICOT FROM THE OAK AND LEMON, KIWI AND CARAMEL WAFER. A WARM SAND, MARINE NOTE LINGERS AS THE ISLAY MATURATION TELLS ITS PART OF THE STORY. AS THIS WHISKY LINGERS ON THE PALATE IT PUTS YOU IN MIND OF THE CONSTRUC-TION AND STRUCTURE TO ITS FORM.

“ONCE AGAIN LAND AND DRAM UNITED.”

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MOOD

EACH ELEMENT, DISTILLA-TION, TIME, CASK AND BARLEY HAVE A CLEAR INFLUENCE YET NOT ONE DOMINATES ANOTHER AS THIS WHISKY REACHES A CROSSROADS IN ITS DEVELOPMENT. THIS VINTAGE IS AT THE PERFECT STAGE TO APPRECIATE ALL THAT IT IS AS IT LAYS BARE ITS DNA, ITS PHILOSOPHY AND ITS QUALITY.

PALATE

FIRSTLY, THE MOUTH FEEL OF THIS WHISKY IS BEAUTIFULLY SOFT AND CREAMY. RICH NATURAL OILS FROM THE BARLEY COAT THE TASTE BUDS WITH DELICATE ELDERFLOWER AND HONEY-SUCKLE AND GORGEOUS BARLEY SUGAR SWEETNESS. CITRUS INITIALLY HIGH-LIGHTS THE MARINE NOTES AND A HINT OF BLACK PEPPER AND GINGER GIVES SOME HEAT AND SPICE. THEN COMES THE OAK AND MALT TOGETHER BRINGING VANILLA WAFERS, COCONUT AND CEDAR. SWEET HEATH-ER HONEY AND BEESWAX ADD TO THE CEREAL COMPO-NENTS OF DIGESTIVE BISCUIT AND WARM SCONES. AS EVER THERE IS AN EXTRA DEPTH TO THE ISLAY GROWN BARLEY, A MORE INTENSE ELEMENT TO EACH FLAVOUR.

CHARACTER

A SWEET SPOT IN THE MATURATION OF AN INCREDIBLE WHISKY. A CHANCE TO SEE THE ELEMENTS AT WORK AS THE YOUNG SPIRIT SHOWING GREEN FRUITS, APPLE, PEAR AND GOOSEBERRY TRANSITIONS TO PEACH, APRICOT AND MANGO WITH THE INFLUENCE OF TIME. THE CAREFUL SELECTION OF CASKS HOLDS THIS MOMENT PERFECTLY IN BALANCE AS THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE AGING OF THE SPIRIT BRINGS OAK DEPTH, VANILLA AND COCONUT SWEETNESS AND LEMON/GRAPEFRUIT ZEST WITHOUT OVERPOWERING THE SWEETNESS OF THE MALT OR THE PROFOUND CEREAL NOTES THAT COME FROM THE ISLAY GROWN BARLEY. THE STRUCTURE IS FIRM, THE TEXTURE LUXURIOUS, CARRYING THE DNA OF THIS ISLAND.

COLOUR

FRESH CUT STRAW

ADAM HANNETTHEAD DISTILLER

COULL, ROCKSIDE, ISLAND,MULINDRY, STARCHMILL,CRUACH FARMS.HIGH PROVENANCE ISLAY BARLEY.

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NOSE

FROM THE OUTSET THIS IS OVERTLY FLORAL AND FRUITY. THE ABUNDANCE OF SOFT FRUIT NOTES AND DELICATE FLORAL STYLE OF THIS DRAM IS SHARED WITH OUR PAST ISLAY GROWN RELEASES. TYPICAL BRUICHLADDICH STYLE FRUIT NOTES OF CRISP APPLE AND RIPE PEAR ALONG WITH PEACH AND DRIED APRICOT ARE FURTHER ENHANCED WITH LEMON DROPS, GRAPEFRUIT AND ORANGE ZEST. THERE IS A VAST ARRAY OF FLAVOUR RISING FROM THIS WHISKY AS IT OPENS FURTHER. THE OAK AND CEREAL COMPONENTS COME THROUGH AFTER THE FRUIT, PIPE TOBACCO AND VA-NILLA NOTES MINGLE WITH BARLEY SUGAR AND CARA-MEL WAFERS, AS EVER A DIS-TINCT MARINE TANG HANGS IN THE AIR.

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