Bruichladdich (Port Charlotte) 2001 Samaroli Single Cask #92 'Ocean Wind' 15y/o 54.3%ABV 15ml / 30ml

This is a unicorn whisky as I believe it might be the final bottle selected, fully supervised and released by Silvano Samaroli before he died in 2017 and its one of the best ever released in the Masam range. Since 2017, releases by Masam have been selected from Samaroli's  personal private casks by Maryse - his wife.

Drawn from sherry Cask no. 92, this was distilled in 2001 and bottled in 2016. The sherry influence is winey and rancio, almost battling with the peat of this buxom Port Charlotte.

Tasting notes: Stunning maritime depths to the bouquet / seashore merging with wet wool, brine, smoked dates and heady vanillas. Creamy-yet-fresh, with a candied citrus edge to the sweet malt. An expansive, prolonged delivery with a superb crescendo of sooty peat, lanolin and Fisherman's Friend at the finish. Super length. Absolutely no rough edges. Very special. One of 300 bottles.