Age: 26 Year Old
Alcohol ABV: 46.9%
Bottle Size: 70cl
Description: Black Art 06.1
Distillery: Bruichladdich
Region: Islay
Vintage: 1990
Year Bottled: -
Bruichladdich Black Art Edition 06.1, according to those behind it, is a whisky that’s about as mysterious as previous releases in this series.
What we do know is that head distiller Adam Hannett has created an unpeated single malt drawn from casks which have been there aging since his early days in the warehouses, working at the time under now former master distiller, Jim McEwan.
Don’t let that misguide you though – this is Hannett’s creation now sitting on retail shelves!
Limited to 18,000 bottles, Black Art 6 is pegged at 26 years of age, bottled at 46.9% ABV and limited to 18,000 bottles globally.
“There may never be an understanding of how this whisky was created but tasting it and understanding why is more important,” said Hannett in a prepared statement. “To compare and compartmentalise this exceptionally rare and unique dram is to miss the point of a whisky that is the essence of the distiller’s instinct, passion and experience. If you must ask, you will never know.”
Please note this is limited to 1 bottle per customer.
Nose: There is a huge depth and richness on initial nosing. Rich black charred oak with blackberry jam, dark chocolate, raisin, plum, elderberry and apple appear. Notes of marzipan and lemon meringue pie give sweetness and tell of the Bruichladdich DNA.
Palate: The richness and vitality of the oak and the fruit is astounding. Soft orchard fruit of the spirit comes through after opening sitting alongside fragrant vanilla custard. Sip again and taste dark fruits; date, fig, raisin and chocolate, crystallised ginger and floral red rose.
Finish: Chocolate, apricot, pineapple, classic exotic fruits from well-aged Bruichladdich tell of the quality and balance of oak and spirit. The oak speaks of its quality now with brown sugar, ginger nut biscuits, toffee, orange scented caramel and a velvet tobacco finish.