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Wine Scores
Below is a listing of the wine review scores we frequently reference in our notes. While these sources remain an excellent source of information, we always recommend that you trust your own palate. Scores in these publications often represent the personal taste of an individual critic, which may not always coincide with your own. We have a huge team of excellent wine professionals that can match wines you've had in the past with new arrivals that meet your flavor profile.
- Allen Meadows - Burghound
- Connoisseurs Guide
- Gambero Rosso
- James Halliday
- James Suckling
- Malt Advocate
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
- International Wine Cellar
- Wine & Spirits
- Wine Enthusiast
- Wine Spectator
- The Wine News
- Malt Advocate
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Customer Reviews - Adam Heard
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Adam Heard
Who am I? I'm an arborist that started drinking Single Malts seriously in 2011. I hated Ardbeg when I first tried it but now I love this Oog and the 10 all day. I don't know how much help my comments will be.
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2003 Bruichladdich K&L Exclusive Peated Single Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Whisky 750ml
(out of stock)
Review Date: 1-9-2013
For the money you get an incredible experience typically not found in this price range...With exception of Uegeadail and Laphroaig 10yr cask strength.
Nose: leather treatment, new baseball glove, crushed raspberries and pomegranate. Concentrated vanilla... Freshly opened bottle of tennis balls? Holy crap.
Palate: peat and repeat! Vegetal, lanolin, tar... A burnt sugar with very sweet and tart berries right in the middle of it all. I keep hearing about smoke but I don't get smoke... I get smoke in Lagavulin but in this I get more earthy green notes and landscape equipment... But not smoke.
Finish: I can still taste it... And I tried it last night! Seriously though, long finish... 5 minutes and still noticeable. Oil, vanilla on the backend, cinnamon spice around the tongue edges. Now I get smoke. Iodine and salty brine. Orange peels?
Superb stuff. If you're at this price point deciding on whether to get this or another Islay that is regularly available... The choice is obvious. Get this. It's absolutely wonderful. Thanks for suggesting it D. Driscoll!
Nose: leather treatment, new baseball glove, crushed raspberries and pomegranate. Concentrated vanilla... Freshly opened bottle of tennis balls? Holy crap.
Palate: peat and repeat! Vegetal, lanolin, tar... A burnt sugar with very sweet and tart berries right in the middle of it all. I keep hearing about smoke but I don't get smoke... I get smoke in Lagavulin but in this I get more earthy green notes and landscape equipment... But not smoke.
Finish: I can still taste it... And I tried it last night! Seriously though, long finish... 5 minutes and still noticeable. Oil, vanilla on the backend, cinnamon spice around the tongue edges. Now I get smoke. Iodine and salty brine. Orange peels?
Superb stuff. If you're at this price point deciding on whether to get this or another Islay that is regularly available... The choice is obvious. Get this. It's absolutely wonderful. Thanks for suggesting it D. Driscoll!
Price: $72.99
