Taster

Nose: Old, mature. Bung cloth, raisin, cereal, boot polish, lardy cake. Like an old warehouse. Becomes mustier with time. Damp wood.

Palate: Mixed dried fruits, dry clootie dumping mix. Old and fading fast.

Finish: Light tingle of ginger.

Comment: Gone, just spent too long in the cask.

Score: 7

Taster

Nose: Leather, saddle soap, 'fousty'.

Palate: Quite thick mouthfeel, dominant dry oak.

Finish: Mixed spices and raisins behind the oak, but struggling.

Comment: Hasn't held up for its age anything like as well as the previous thirty-something Bruichladdich. The cask has won this battle.

Score: 7.3