BRUICHLADDICH

ISLAY
BARLEY
2010
COULL, CRUACH,
DUNLOSSIT,
ISLAND, MULINDRY,
ROCKSIDE, STARCHMILL
& SUNDERLAND.
THIS IS A THOUGHT
PROVOKING, UBER-
PROVENANCE SINGLE
MALT WHISKY
It was created with spirit trickle-distilled from barley
grown in the fields of our remote Scottish island
home. For us it is the land incarnate, our passionate
belief in the power of barley made manifest.
Land and dram united.

ADAM HANNETT
HEAD DISTILLER

Bruichladdich Islay Barley 2010 is:

the fifth release in our ongoing Islay Barley
exploration series
multi-farm single vintage
unpeated Islay single malt Scotch whisky
Optic and Oxbridge barley varieties
50% ABV for maximum mouthfeel
a majority of first fill Bourbon with some ex-
Rivesaltes, Juranon and Banyuls cask maturation
matured entirely on Islay
bottled at the distillery using Islay spring water
non-chill filtered
colouring free
EVERY YEAR THE
CROP OF ISLAY
GROWN BARLEY IS
DISTILLED
SEPARATELY.

In 2009 we consolidated the The matured whisky was vatted

harvests of no fewer than eight
farmers from the whole breadth
of Islay. This enabled the early
2010 distillation of this new
unpeated Bruichladdich, perhaps
the first that we can proudly call
a 'regional Islay' release.
The spirit ran clean, rich and
malty, the majority being housed
in first-fill Bourbon, with a suite
of exotic French wine casks
from Rivesaltes, Jurancon and
Banyuls adding additional com-
plexity and depth.
All were stored full-term in our
warehouses by Loch Indaal
during maturation.
by our Head Distiller Adam
Hannett at around six years old
before being bottled by the team
in the Harvey Hall.
This careful preservation of
supple youth helped preserve
the nuances of the barley and
its individuality. Adam under-
stands that too long an exposure
to the cask would result in oak
influences masking the delicate
notes from the grain.

Our manually controlled Victorian distillery.

EACH HARVEST
GENERATES
AN INDIVIDUAL
WHISKY
VINTAGE.
These uber-provenance single malts are very dif- affecting the texture but allowing the spirit to
ferent to bland, industrially homogenised brands. be bottled below 46% without a haze forming.
Caramel food colouring could then be added
That our whiskies subtly vary from vintage to
to homogenise the appearance from batch to
vintage is hardly surprising. The barley varieties,
batch, but also darkening the whisky, giving a
the farms, the soils, the weather conditions, the
false impression of age.
hand-crafted nature of their distillation and the
individual character of the casks they are matured At Bruichladdich, we never do this. We bottle
in all contribute to delicate change. at 50% or above and we never chill filter or add
artificial colour to our whiskies.
It is possible to hide these subtle nuances. It is
possible to strip out the natural oils, negatively
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CHARACTER
Our identity is expressed with honesty and pride
through this exceptional series of Islay grown
barley releases that mean so much to us. The
dedication of those who raise the crop, despite the
risks and hardships they encounter, is matched by
the pride we take in distilling the results of their
work. We feel it shares our Islay DNA
COLOUR
Soft winter sun shimmering on a golden sandy
beach.
NOSE
The floral nature of Bruichladdich spirit is imme-
diately to the fore, its purity and openness at
once refreshing and stimulating. A sea breeze
filled with a delicate floral bouquet drifts through
before the beauty of young, clean Bruichladdich
emerges with crisp sweet apple, ripe gooseberry
and peach.
The malted barley brings brown sugar and toffee,
while aromas from the toasted oak are calm and
restrained as a backdrop. Butterscotch, spice
and creamy vanilla custard give more clues to
the tremendous quality of the casks.
PALATE
The mouthfeel, the viscosity, is a delight. Trickle
distillation is a slow and simple technique but
fundamental to producing such quality. The
texture is muscular and rich, the natural oils
coaxed gently from the grain temper the spice
to allow its character to flourish.
Consider the provenance of the barley, the exper-
tise of the maltster, the cooper's craft and the
experience of the distillers. You will be rewarded
with a sensory experience rarely encountered
on the palate.
FINISH
Ozone fresh, with zesty lemon and that note of
windswept salt that can only have come from
maturation by our Atlantic shoreline, our land,
our terroir. This dram will leave you in no doubt
as to its island of origin.
MOOD THE CHARACTERS OF
Confident in its identity, its history and heritage,
this is another self-assured and distinctive dram
THE PEOPLE OF ISLAY,
in our unique series of uber-provenance Islay JUST LIKE THE MALTING
single malts.
BARLEY GROWN HERE
FOR BRUICHLADDICH, ARE
SHAPED BY THIS PLACE WE
LOVE AND CALL HOME...
Head Distiller Adam Hannett
WE BELIEVE Islay is a land of family farms and the men
and women who till the soil here have

TERROIR shouldered significant risks to join us on an

inspirational journey of sensory exploration.

MATTERS. This is a spirit that captures their

work and speaks of the earth.

Coull Farm and Machir Bay, Rhinns of Islay.

BARLEY IS THE
MOST FLAVOUR
COMPLEX Isle of Islay,
Scotland

CEREAL IN 32 km across ,
640km

THE WORLD.
554559.6N
62143.8W

The Queen of the
Hebrides

No mere commodity, its

provenance matters.
Other influences on the flavour
DUNLOSSIT
profile of our whiskies include
barley variety, cask origin and
COULL
time while for over a decade
ROCKSIDE SUNDERLAND CLAGGAN
more and more of Islay's farmers KENTRAW
have joined us as we explore the STARCHMILL
MULINDRY
impact of our island's terroir. CRUACH
ISLAND

What is the effect of soil,

subsoil, exposure, orientation,
climate and micro-climate
on our barley harvest?

2004 - CHALICE BARLEY 2006 - CHALICE BARLEY 2007 - OPTIC BARLEY 2009 - PUBLICAN & OXBRIDGE BARLEY 2010 - OPTIC & OXBRIDGE BARLEY
KENTRAW FARM, DUNLOSSIT FARM, THE MINISTERS FIELD, CLAGGAN, CRUACH, ISLAND COULL, CRUACH, DUNLOSSIT, MULINDRY,
FORELAND CEANNACROIC ROCKSIDE FARM AND MULINDRY FARMS ROCKSIDE, STARCHMILL & SUNDERLAND FARMS
 GROWING MALTING
BARLEY ON ISLAY FOR
BRUICHLADDICH CAN
BE CHALLENGING.

Average rainfall, Islay, 2008 / 2009 Average temperature, Islay, 2008 / 2009 In 2009, a warm and reasonably dry spring face many anxious days before the harvest
300 mm 15C helped with the sowing but strong growth comes home.
250 mm through a gentle June and July was threatened
12C Flocks of wild greylag geese that gather
by relentless August rain. Miraculously, the
200 mm
on Islay in the late summer inflict the most
clouds then rolled away and a sun-soaked
150 mm 9C
damage. The effects can be heartbreaking.
September allowed the combines to roll.
100 mm
6C
The geese completely destroyed this beau-
50 mm The combination of fierce weather and spec- tiful field of grain on the eastern edge of
0 mm 3C tacular wildlife can seriously impact the yield Loch Indaal.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
of grain from the fields. Voracious flocks of
Do these significant annual variations have wild geese and marauding herds of red deer
an impact on the character of the grain? inevitably take their toll and the farmers can
HUNTER JACKSON, CRUACH Hunter Jackson provides our
FARM, BOWMORE

farming partners with both seed

5544'39.1"N 615'37.6"W and expertise from his agricultural

GROWING FOR BRUICHLADDICH supply business in Bowmore. In

SINCE 2007 addition to planting barley for
Bruichladdich, Hunter also raises
pedigree Dorset sheep and mules
on his smallholding at Cruach,
near the centre of the island.

ANDREW JONES, COULL FARM,

KILCHOMAN

5547'37.5"N 628'06.7"W

GROWING FOR BRUICHLADDICH
SINCE 2007

Andrew Jones lives and works with

father Donald and mother Pat at
rugged Coull out on the wild west coast
of the Rhinns of Islay. Traditionally
raising livestock, the Jones family
personify the can do attitude of
our farming partners, facing down
the risks and sowing malting barley
for this unique Scotch whisky.
 IAN MCKERRELL, ISLAND FARM,
BOWMORE
5543'52.6"N 617'11.4"W Bruichladdich into a number of
GROWING FOR BRUICHLADDICH
SINCE 2007
Ian McKerrell of Island Farm has
been sowing malting barley for
centrally located fields since 2007. A
well kent Ileach, Ian always seems
to be on the move, delivering dairy
produce, raising his beef cattle, or
helping with the annual Islay and
Royal Highland agricultural shows.

RAYMOND FLETCHER,
DUNLOSSIT ESTATE, KEILLS

5550'24.2"N 607'44.0"W

GROWING FOR BRUICHLADDICH

SINCE 2007

Raymond Fletcher of Keills has grown

and harvested malting barley from
various fields on Dunlossit Estate since
the retirement of Jim Logan. Jim was
another early Bruichladdich pioneer,
somehow raising a crop from the desolate
place known as Headland of the Gallows
for our 2006 Islay Barley release.
ALASTAIR TORRANCE, IAN TORRANCE, STARCHMILL Brothers Alastair and Ian Torrance grew barley for Bruichladdich. Ian retains the
MULINDRY FARM, BRIDGEND FARM, BRIDGEND tenancy of Starchmill, also in the centre

up at Mulindry, the farm tenanted by
5547'13.2"N 625'50.4"W 5545'53.0"N 612'27.0"W their parents Ronald and Helen. Alastair of the island, where he farms Limousin

GROWING FOR BRUICHLADDICH GROWING FOR BRUICHLADDICH retired from Mulindry to Gartloist Farm and British Blue cattle alongside his fields
SINCE 2007 SINCE 2007 recently, where he raises Texel and of barley for the distillery.
Scottish Blackface sheep and cultivates
 RAYMOND STEWART, Raymond Stewart manages the Macaire
SUNDERLAND FARM,
FORELAND ESTATE
familys Foreland Estate on the Rhinns of
Islay, which includes Sunderland Farm. It
5547'43.4"N 623'43.5"W
was the late Richard Macaire who first rose
GROWING FOR BRUICHLADDICH to the challenge and agreed to sow malting
SINCE 2004
barley for Bruichladdich back in 2004.
Raymond chose a small field at Kentraw
for the experiment and his harvest was to
result in the first modern single malt whisky
distilled entirely from Islay-grown barley.

Mark French and his wife Rohaise

farmed Rockside on the Rhinns of Islay
for many years before finally deciding
to move to the mainland last year, to
be closer to their grandchildren. In
2006, barley grown at the Ministers
Field became our 2007 Bruichladdich
Islay Barley single farm release.

MARK FRENCH, ROCKSIDE

FARM, KILCHOMAN

5547'13.2"N 625'50.4"W

GROWING FOR BRUICHLADDICH

SINCE 2006
UNPEATED ISLAY UBER-PROVENANCE
SINGLE MALT ISLAY BARLEY SERIES

Please Drink Responsibly.

DISTILLED, MATURED AND BOTTLED,

UN-CHILL FILTERED AND COLOURING FREE,
AT BRUICHLADDICH DISTILLERY,
ISLE OF ISLAY, SCOTLAND.

2017 BRUICHLADDICH DISTILLERY CO. LIMITED.

BRUICHLADDICH ISLAY BARLEY SCOTCH WHISKY, 50% VOL.