Bruichladdich 24 Year Old Black Art Series 11.1

Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky 
Distillery Bottling 70cl / 44.2%

Bruichladdich's Black Art 11.1 appeared at the end of 2023 as a 24-year-old bottled without colouring or chill filtration at its natural cask strength of 44.2%.

As ever, that's about all we can tell you about the contents as no cask recipe is provided for these releases, which are all about celebrating the extraordinary skills of the distillery's Master Blenders. All we can say for sure is that as a 24-year-old, the youngest whiskies inside would have been distilled in the late 1990s - most likely 1998 when the distillery briefly came out of mothballs - and therefore all of the contents of Black Art 11.1 must pre-date the Murray McDavid takeover in 2000.

Attributes

Tasting Notes

Official Tasting Notes

Colour: Rich Tawny.

Nose: Dried fruits, leather and a hint of citrus immediately open on the nose, followed by a fresh sea breeze. Sweet fruit and floral notes come to the fore, with poached pear, delicate rose hip syrup, black cherry, and sweet mango. The complexity of the single malt is apparent as the aromas continue to open, with cedar and mellow oak complemented with butterscotch, praline, honey, and a hint of cinnamon. Warming oats are balanced with fragrant notes of rose and pear drops.

Palate: Dried fruits, dates, raisins, barley sugar, leather and oak open on the palate, followed by butterscotch sweetness, praline and hints of coconut and fresh citrus. Sweet apple and pear are married with toasted oak, warming wood spice, dark plums and marzipan, with layers of depth opening with each sip.

Finish: Oak and dried fruit come to the fore, with Christmas cake notes of sultanas, fig, marzipan, and lingering honey adding to the beautifully rounded finish.