After this nice weekend I want to try a special whisky today.
From my buddy I have received a sample of Cuvee.
So off it into the glass. Already at the first smell I have orange and berries in my nose. In my mind a picture of sliced ​​oranges garnished with raspberries and honey dribbled over them.
The warmer the whisky becomes, the stronger the cream note becomes. Again and again comes a surge of raspberry or blackberry. Over time, a slight touch of freshness develops. So let's try the, until now, really great stuff.
It is soft in the mouth and lays soft on the tongue, like a piece of dark chocolate.
Orange is back, with a slight touch of wood. In the finish I also have the taste of dark chocolate or cocoa in the mouth, followed by a subtle, bitter note. In the mouth and in the cheek he stays comfortable.
In the area of ​​the Lippenbändchen it tingles really nice.
I find the combination of fruit, chocolate, woodiness and tingling on the tongue fascinating.
I really like the Cuvee. A very special Bruichladdich.
I would immediately buy a bottle, unfortunately, the Bruichladdich Cuvee, or the Cuvee series, for the most part only to be found among collectors. The Bruichladdich Cuvee 407 gets from me 90 out of 100 points.

More complex like most other sherry, oak Whiskys, witch start fruity but fade fast. So after 100 Experiments of Heavy Marketing, surprisingly they hit the point here. With the advantage that the wood is not too much bitter at the end.
Just a very few Destilleries know how to make a sherryfinish without too much bitterness from oak.
Macallan knows, but for a Bruichladdich it’s really unexpected balanced. Luckily the Sharp biting notes of most Bruichladdichs are missing :-)

What can I say, Bruichladdich stop. I'm a bit biased, I'm a Laddie fan, but I didn't try it on my own and the other person was very enthusiastic.
For me one of the best malts. that I've tried, clearly among my TOP 10, and I've tried about 450 different malts in the past two and a half years. Thanks for the sample to a friend, my bottles stay closed for now and are waiting for a special occasion

BLIND TASTING
N: wow, great sherry notes! deep dark and fermented notes, massive saliva-stimulating, meaty, soy sauce, meat, coffee, leather, dusty loft books
M: spicy, meaty, slightly salty but also vanilla, old bottle flavor, leather, tobacco, freshly roasted coffee.
A: long, dry oak lies on the tongue.
Conclusion: cool, cool, cool! Old Sherry Flavor. Mega part 92+ points. Maybe a couvreur?

The aroma is thick, spicy, sweet: treacle, gum, honey, obvious wine notes, berries, sweet sherry (where without it?), Mountains of spices, nuts, dried fruits in variety, sea and minerality (iodine, stones). The taste is sharp, sweet with bitter taste: spices, wine sherry notes, vegetable oil, dried fruits, berries, astringent oak. Aftertaste of average duration. Continuation of taste, but drier. Spices in abundance, sherry, dried fruits. In development, oil and astringent oak. Conclusion . A good sherry mole. The telly. A bright, dense fragrance precedes a simpler taste. Without enthusiasm, but overall, very good and tasty. Score 88 (n23t22f21b22).

Tasting Notes by Jim McEwan, head distiller;

Character: Round and well balanced, it is tranquillity in a glass. The texture is warm and delectable, captivating the taste buds with the richness of its flavours. Paradisal.

Colour: soleo sunshine

Nose: Stunning opening on notes of sultanas dusted with dark chocolate powder and this develops further as the Spanish influence takes centre stage bringing sunshine & life to the party with a fruit tapas of prune, dates, dark raisins & black cherries dipped in marmelade. PX is performing like a Spanish dancer, full of pride and passion, confident as the rising aromatics dazzle the senses.

Palate: Slowly the freshness of an Islay breeze arrives & mingles with the dark fruits creating air pockets that allow you to experience an incredible coming together of cultures. The citrus zestiness of Islay's storm lashed moorland character invites the Spanish party onto a new stage and it becomes an olfactory orchestration which opens the curtain for the softer green fruits of distillation. The coconut-vanilla toffee flavours of Kentucky plus the crisp sweetness of Scottisch barley together arouse the soul & calm the fears. Three nations given time together have provided a spirit that leaves no Single Malt desires unfulfilled.Finish: After twenty-one years in two different oaks the mellowness of the spirit is spectacular. It's a classic old style Bruichladdich: handmade,
Islay matured and in a wonderful twist the Sherry emerges leaving you with that feeling of having experienced something unforgettable and rare.Mood: A whisky for when the air is redolent of old leather,
Cuban tobacco and cedar wood.

Rich in oak, mature and slightly heavy in aftertaste. A nice fruity-sweet aftertaste. Not a whisky at work, but certainly one for a good conversation with friends

Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt :

Subtitled after Julio Cortázar`s short story La Noche Bocca Arriba, Bruichladdich Cuvee 407 is a 21 year old whisky which was aged in American oak and finished in rich, sweet Pedro Ximenez sherry casks. Delicious.Nose: Huge aromas of spice and chocolate. Toffee apples, marmalade and black treacle. Sticky toffee pudding and cherries.Palate: Raisins and soft spice. Big notes of vanilla, marmalade and rich oak. Very aromatic and intense. Lovely and thick malt core.Finish: Long, spicy finish. Sherried oak and fruit.

This Cuvee 407 has been further matured in rare Jerez butts that for decades held unctuous and ultra-rich sherry, made from the Moorish Pedro Ximenez grape. Once harvested, the grapes are shriveled to a raisin-like state under the baking sun of Andalucia to concentrate the sugars, resulting in a sweet wine of legendary viscosity and intensity.

For centuries, PX casks have been revered by whisky distillers for the Madeira cake richness they bring to maturing spirit; and our casks, extracted from the Fernando de Castilla Solera, are of the very highest provenance. This Bruichladdich Cuvee 407 is an indulgent, licentious whisky, a whisky for when the air is redolent of old leather, Cuban tobacco and cedarwood. A whisky to lose oneself in - an indulgent dream of a dram.