Jose-Massu-Espinel
Bruichladdich 1993 The Italian Collection, Barolo french Oak matured
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed
October 9, 2022 (edited February 3, 2024)
If you ever google "King of wines", the answer you are going to obtain is "Barolo". This very luxurious italian wine, is made from a special type of grape called "Nebbiolo" that grows on the Piamonte region of Italy. Barolo has a type of sibling, made with the same grape, called Barbaresco, but since i don't know anything about wine, we are not entering that territory.
Well, in 1993, Bruichladdich decided to mature their whisky in a french oak cask, which previously had the Italian Barolo in it. This is of course, part of the famous "Italian Collection" by Bruichladdich, long gone from store shelves. This 14yo Whisky, has my attention. Bottled at 46%abv, it has a lovely dark orange, tawny color.
On the nose, it is perfect. Plastic, red fruits and impalpable sugar. Green apples, Nesquik chocolate powder and burnt hay. After letting it breath, it gave me cigarrette ashes, grapefruit, and warm beer. It smells like those fake mini fruits people serve in weddings. Glazed bacon; grease and smoked lamb. Quite a rollercoaster.
On the palate, the only way i can describe it is "beautiful". Incredible chocolate, tasty red fruits, grenadine, and dulce de leche. Impressive.
Aftertaste is the perfect ending for this. Salty, hay, pepper and yeasty. This is super pleasant. It is like bread mixed with dark chocolate.
Overall, this is one the most complex, full of flavor single malt i have ever tasted. I am not a very good fan of Bruichladdich, but this one is the best one i have had; maybe tye 25 black art can be compared to it. Absolutely marvelous, i have only deducted 1 point in the palate, because even if it was super enjoyable, that criteria wasn't as complex and spectacular as the other ones. My score for this out of this world whisky is 99 over 100.
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