ISLAY BARLEY 2010

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, JuranÇon 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
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 complexity
and depth.
The matured whisky was vatted
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 understands
that too long an exposure
to the cask would result in oak
influences masking the delicate
notes from the grain.
All were stored full-term in our
warehouses by Loch Indaal
during maturation.
Our manually controlled Victorian distillery.

EACH HARVEST
GENERATES
AN INDIVIDUAL
WHISKY
VINTAGE.
These uber-provenance single malts are very different
to bland, industrially homogenised brands.
That our whiskies subtly vary from vintage to
vintage is hardly surprising. The barley varieties,
the farms, the soils, the weather conditions, the
hand-crafted nature of their distillation and the
individual character of the casks they are matured
in all contribute to delicate change.
It is possible to hide these subtle nuances. It is
possible to strip out the natural oils, negatively
affecting the texture but allowing the spirit to
be bottled below 46% without a haze forming.
Caramel food colouring could then be added
to homogenise the appearance from batch to
batch, but also darkening the whisky, giving a
false impression of age.
At Bruichladdich, we never do this. We bottle
at 50% or above and we never chill filter or add
artificial colour to our whiskies.

FRUITY
ALDEHYDIC
OAKY
FLORAL
NUTTY
VANILLA
SPICY
MALTY
MARINE
SHERRIED
CITRUS
SMOKY
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 immediately
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 expertise
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
Confident in its identity, its history and heritage,
this is another self-assured and distinctive dram
in our unique series of uber-provenance Islay
single malts.
“THE CHARACTERS OF
THE PEOPLE OF ISLAY,
JUST LIKE THE MALTING
BARLEY GROWN HERE
FOR BRUICHLADDICH, ARE
SHAPED BY THIS PLACE WE
LOVE AND CALL HOME...”
Head Distiller Adam Hannett

WE BELIEVE
TERROIR
MATTERS.
Islay is a land of family farms and the men
and women who till the soil here have
shouldered significant risks to join us on an
inspirational journey of sensory exploration.
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
CEREAL IN
THE WORLD.
No mere commodity, its
provenance matters.
Isle of Islay,
Scotland
32 km across ,
640km²
—
55°45’59.6”N
6°21’43.8”W
—
The Queen of the
Hebrides
Other influences on the flavour
profile of our whiskies include
barley variety, cask origin and
time while for over a decade
more and more of Islay's farmers
have joined us as we explore the
impact of our island's terroir.
What is the effect of soil,
subsoil, exposure, orientation,
climate and micro-climate
on our barley harvest?
COULL
ROCKSIDE
SUNDERLAND
KENTRAW
ISLAND
DUNLOSSIT
CLAGGAN
STARCHMILL
MULINDRY
CRUACH
2004 - CHALICE BARLEY
KENTRAW FARM,
FORELAND
2006 - CHALICE BARLEY
DUNLOSSIT FARM,
CEANNACROIC
2007 - OPTIC BARLEY
THE MINISTERS FIELD,
ROCKSIDE FARM
2009 - PUBLICAN & OXBRIDGE BARLEY
CLAGGAN, CRUACH, ISLAND
AND MULINDRY FARMS
2010 - OPTIC & OXBRIDGE BARLEY
COULL, CRUACH, DUNLOSSIT, MULINDRY,
ROCKSIDE, STARCHMILL & SUNDERLAND FARMS

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

HUNTER JACKSON, CRUACH
FARM, BOWMORE
—
55°44'39.1"N 6°15'37.6"W
—
GROWING FOR BRUICHLADDICH
SINCE 2007
Hunter Jackson provides our
farming partners with both seed
and expertise from his agricultural
supply business in Bowmore. In
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
—
55°47'37.5"N 6°28'06.7"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
—
55°43'52.6"N 6°17'11.4"W
—
GROWING FOR BRUICHLADDICH
SINCE 2007
Ian McKerrell of Island Farm has
been sowing malting barley for
Bruichladdich into a number of
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
—
55°50'24.2"N 6°07'44.0"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,
MULINDRY FARM, BRIDGEND
—
55°47'13.2"N 6°25'50.4"W
—
GROWING FOR BRUICHLADDICH
SINCE 2007
IAN TORRANCE, STARCHMILL
FARM, BRIDGEND
—
55°45'53.0"N 6°12'27.0"W
—
GROWING FOR BRUICHLADDICH
SINCE 2007
Brothers Alastair and Ian Torrance grew
up at Mulindry, the farm tenanted by
their parents Ronald and Helen. Alastair
retired from Mulindry to Gartloist Farm
recently, where he raises Texel and
Scottish Blackface sheep and cultivates
barley for Bruichladdich. Ian retains the
tenancy of Starchmill, also in the centre
of the island, where he farms Limousin
and British Blue cattle alongside his fields
of barley for the distillery.

RAYMOND STEWART,
SUNDERLAND FARM,
FORELAND ESTATE
—
55°47'43.4"N 6°23'43.5"W
—
GROWING FOR BRUICHLADDICH
SINCE 2004
Raymond Stewart manages the Macaire
family’s Foreland Estate on the Rhinns of
Islay, which includes Sunderland Farm. It
was the late Richard Macaire who first rose
to the challenge and agreed to sow malting
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
—
55°47'13.2"N 6°25'50.4"W
—
GROWING FOR BRUICHLADDICH
SINCE 2006

UNPEATED ISLAY
SINGLE MALT
UBER-PROVENANCE
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.
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