BERE BARLEY 2008: “ONCE AGAIN LAND AND DRAM UNITED.” WEYLAND & WATERSIDE, RICHMOND VILLA, SKELBISTER, NORTHFIELD FARMS, ORKNEY

THE 2007 CROP FOR THIS, OUR THIRD RELEASE OF BERE BARLEY, WAS GROWN ON ORKNEY AND SUPPLIED BY THE AGRONOMY INSTITUTE AT ORKNEY COLLEGE UHI WORKING WITH LOCAL FARMERS DUNCAN CROMARTY AT RICHMOND VILLA ON SOUTH RONALDSAY, KEITH HOURSTON AT SKEL- BISTER IN ORPHIR AND MAGNUS SPENCE FROM THE NORTHFIELD ON BURRAY.

DISTILLED IN EARLY 2008, AT BRUICHLADDICH DISTILLERY ON THE ISLE OF ISLAY, THIS BERE BARLEY HAS PRODUCED A SINGLE MALT OF QUITE SINGULAR CHARACTER, ULTIMATE ORIGINALITY AND EXCEPTIONAL PROVENANCE.

CHARACTER

ELEGANT AND SOPHISTICATED. THE SPIRIT IS DECEPTIVELY LIGHT CONCEALING A DEPTH OF FLAVOUR RARELY FOUND.

COLOUR

STRAW YELLOW.

NOSE PALATE FINISH MOOD

INSTANTLY FLORAL. THE TEXTURE IS THAT SWEET SOFT AND ENIGMATIC. OPEN YET DELICATE BUT POWERFUL. OF HONEY, SMOOTH AND FLORAL, CONTINUALLY SECRETIVE. HONEYSUCKLE, YELLOW SUAVE. VANILLA, BROWN PULLING YOU IN TO GORSE AND HEATHER SUGAR AND ZESTY RELEASE ITS SECRETS, RISE FROM THE GLASS CITRUS STAND TALL AS TOUCHING THIS COAXED BY A SPLASH OF GENTLE WAVES OF SOFT SINGLE MALT TO YOUR SPRING WATER. AS YOU FRUIT APRICOT AND LIPS IS A BEGUILING INHALE, THE ANCIENT PEACH ARE DRIVEN ON EXPERIENCE THAT WILL GRAIN SURRENDERS BY A HEBRIDEAN BREEZE BE LONG REMEMBERED. MALT SWEETNESS FUSED FILLED WITH THE SCENTS A SUPERIOR SPIRIT WITH COOKED APPLE OF SUMMER. AKIN TO SKILLFULLY CREATED AND RIPE PEAR, ALL A RECEDING WAVE THAT HAS AGE BEYOND THIS SWATHED IN RICH WASHING THE SAND ITS YEARS. OAK OFFERING VANILLA, CLEAN YOUR PALATE IS HEATHER HONEY AND REFRESHED BY A SPIRIT LEMON ZEST. DISPLAYING THAT IS GENTLE AND THE SKILL OF SLOW POWERFUL, YOUNG AND DISTILLATION AND YET KNOWING. CRAFTSMANSHIP THAT CREATED IT THIS SINGLE MALT IS HARMONIOUS IN JIM MCEWAN HEAD DISTILLER ITS COMPLEXITY.

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