Bruichladdich 2008 Shore Street Malt Calum's Dram

Type
Single Malt

Bottler
Distillery Bottling

Distillery
Bruichladdich

Bottling Series
Calum's Dram

Vintage
2008

Stated Age
10 years-old

Bottled
2018

Outturn
370

Cask Number
unknown

Strength
58.6% abv

Cask Type
Rivesaltes Cask

Cask Strength
yes

Colouring
no

Single Cask
yes

Core Range
no

Flavour Profile

Almonds

Black Grapes

Black Pepper

Caramel

Cinnamon

Cloves

Coffee

Dark Chocolate

Espresso

Hazelnut

Honey

Leather

Maple Syrup

Oak

Pastry

Plum

Tobacco

Walnut

Wood Spice

Tasting Notes

Nose

Syrupy, salted caramel, ripe plums covered in honey and cinnamon. Lots of wood spice, cloves, leather, tobacco, pastry and black grapes. After leaving in the glass for 15 minutes a dusty/musty note has appeared, adding a different edge to the sweet and spice.

Palate

More syrup and black grapes, big wood spice arrival, oak and wood chips, dark chocolate and a dry red, sweet wine. Lots of nuts, hazelnuts, almonds and walnuts, dark coffee/espresso.

Finish

Long and lingering, more grapes, syrup and spice. Crack black pepper, caramel, tailing off to a slightly drying dark chocolate.

Overall

A very interesting dram and for its 10 years, lots of complexity on the nose considering its youthfulness. It’s very moreish, hard to have a single dram! Only 370 bottles available in a mix of 350ml and 700ml sizes, we believe no more are available for sale.

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