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With Black Artwork 9.1, distiller Adam Hannett now formally has extra releases of this whisky below his belt (5) than originator Jim McEwan. This one’s additionally a doozy: A 29 12 months outdated carrying a 1992 classic date, matured completely on Islay and bottled at cask power — although as with different Black Artwork releases no different particulars in regards to the manufacturing (particularly the barrel remedy) are revealed.
It might be laborious to prime final 12 months’s masterful Black Art 8.1, however let’s see what Hannett and Co. can do with this rendition, lets?
My rapid impression is considered one of Pedro Ximenez sherry and pink wine casks, each of which perk up instantly on the nostril: intensely nutty, meaty, and barely musty, paying homage to an outdated rug store and vintage furnishings. Hints of currants and lavender are fleeting. The extra gutterral parts develop more and more highly effective with time in glass, the whisky taking over a definite austerity because it develops. Some might mistake that for maturity, nevertheless it in the end comes throughout as quite overbearing.
On the palate, the wine affect is even stronger — ruddy and downright hoary with that unmistakable PX character. It’s extremely nutty, with well-oxidized wine notes all through — giving the end a barely bitter, closely Maderized character. (The extra I sip on this, the extra Madeira casking I determine is within the combine.) Touches of fruit are fleetingly attractive on the very begin, however they’re rapidly washed away. The end is mouth-coating and a bit muddy, devoid of much-needed sweetness or nuance.
Hannett is aware of his method across the warehouse, however this whisky by no means finds the stability it could in all probability like. Black Artwork can usually be divisive; this one in all probability greater than most.
88.2 proof.
B- / $400 / bruichladdich.com [BUY IT NOW FROM CASKERS]
Bruichladdich Black Artwork 9.1
$400
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