Ireland / County Antrim
Limited edition of 332 bottles
An LMDW exclusivity Cask
6095 is the oldest Bushmills selected by La Maison du Whisky. Like n#6096 unveiled in their 2022 creation catalogue, la Conquete des Origines, it was matured in port barrels. If, on the aromatic level, it develops floral, fruity and spicy analogies, on the taste level, salted butter caramel has replaced chocolate and the palate is much more liquorice and malty. Its freshness of expression and its complexity are worthy of its thirty-two years of maturing.
TASTING NOTES
Nose: fine, complex. On the first nose, scents of vanilla rub shoulders with heady flowers (lily, broom, mimosa), aromatic plants (sage, verbena) and exotic fruits (passion, banana, pineapple) with great purity of expression. Allowed to breathe, sweet and strong spices (cinnamon, black pepper, ginger) delicately settle on the surface of the aromatic palette. Then, new fruits appear, such as candied lemons, mangoes or even white currants.
Appearance: Bright Gold
Palate: dynamic, racy. Very different from the nose, the attack on the palate provides the pleasant sensation of chewing a stick of liquorice. In the mid-palate, the white currants perceived upstream release a freshly tangy juice. Continuing, marshmallow notes intertwine with very intense floral flavours (violet, lavender). On the finish, grains of malted barley literally roll around the edge of the palate.
Overall: long, balanced. Remarkably ethereal, the start of the finish transcends even more the exotic, floral and spicy character of the aromatic and gustatory palette. Then, herbal infusions (chamomile, rosemary) profusely permeate each taste bud. Intimately linked to each other, the very end of the palate and the retro-nasal olfaction are covered by a fine layer of salted butter caramel, thereby revealing a new facet of this extremely complex Bushmills.