Latest release from Bruichladdich influenced by France’s greatest chateaux of all time

Posted on October 5, 2008
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The Bruichladdich A Paulliac Cuvée 16 it the first out of totally 6 limited editions to be released under The First Growth label.

The First Growth series comprises of 6 limited edition Cuvées - labelled A to F. Each is a 16 year old Bruichladdich, American oak matured, with an additional cask evolution in French oak casks from each of the 1855 first growth chateaux, including Sauternes. The famous 1855 Classification of Bordeaux rated chateaux into 5 groups according to quality and price of their wines. The First Growths were the best. Today these legendary estates use casks coopered from the finest French oak, 150 to 200 year old trees from the forests of Tronçais, Allier and Vosges.

Bruichladdich Distillery managing director Mark Reynier, ex wine trade, works closely with master distiller Jim McEwan who is also a cooper: “The unusual concept should appeal to both whisky and wine fans alike - especially those who like to compare and contrast between different bottlings.”

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2 Responses to “Latest release from Bruichladdich influenced by France’s greatest chateaux of all time”

  1. » Bruichladdich mit einem Hauch franz?sischer Klasse | Whiskymagazin.de - Alles ?ber Whisky von den schottischen Inseln » Blog Archive on October 5th, 2008 11:20 am

    [...] Die Pressemitteilung ist auf der dänischen Website whiskynyt.dk nachzulesen: Bruichladdich: First Growth Whisky Weitere Mitteilungen zu diesem Thema finden sich auf dem Islay Weblog (Bruichladdich with a French Touch) und bei Whiskygrotto (Latest release from Bruichladdich influenced by France?s greatest chateaux of all time). [...]

  2. tzvika furman on October 8th, 2008 1:29 pm

    i think its a time for a discution
    from what iv seen every year Bruichladdich is makin new realeses mostly special edition colecteble realeses.
    do u thing they are tryin to inovate the whisky marekt or its just a way to sell more whisky in a higher prices?
    do we really need whisky that been it casks from wines from the best chateaux of all time..or Bruichladdich just wants to get more money from us?

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