Awards & Ratings
Black Bull 40yo, Batch 1 recieved five stars and 91 points from Malt Maniacs at Whiskyfun.com. Read more
Black Bull 30yo received the Blended Bottling of the Year and a Bronze overall bottling of the year from the 2009 Scottish Field Whisky Challenge!
The Buzz
Black Bull is already making a name for itself with heaps of media coverage worldwide. Check out what people are saying about this new blend.
Blind tasting of Black Bull 40yo, Batch 1 receives 91 points!l
Whiskyfun.com, 30 Jan 2010
Colour: pale gold.
Nose: yeah! Starts on a lot of honey and other ‘beehivy’ notes, with many rich yet fresh fruity notes that are soon to turn up. Ripe apples, pineapples and bananas, then more caramel crème and nougat, then superb notes of liquorice and aniseed, and finally these slightly resinous notes that scream ‘old casks’. Those can sometimes be over the top but this time they really add depth and complexity to the whisky. Superb nose (where I might detect quite some old Glen Grant and/or Caperdonich and/or Glenlivet and/or Glenrothes and/or…).
Mouth: a wee oaky blast at very first sips (cinnamon, nutmeg) but then it just won’t stop unfolding, shooting flavours like arrows, one after the other. Dried oranges, coconuts, bananas, spearmint, liquorice, cloves, butter pears, marshmallows, lemon balm… It’s endless, both ‘old’ and juvenile in style, which I believe is a perfect combo.
Finish: maybe not the longest ever but the coconut stands out, as well as some banana skin and roasted bread. No drying tannins whatsoever.
Comments: fresh, mature, complex and entrancing to follow. more...
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Tied for second place Whisky of the Year 2009, Black Bull 30
Whiskywhiskywhisky.com, forum 1 Jan 2010
Congrats to Duncan Taylor, more...
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Black Bull Blend 30 receives Whisky of the Year
Gavin Smith, Whisky-pages.com
Find the whiskies of the year chosen by Gavin Smith, in a number of different categories, more...
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Black Bull 12yo Blended Whisky, Discover Whisky blog
4th December 2009
"In essence a perfect social whisky - and it's the memories that whisky creates in many of us which is why we love one whisky over another although at 50% the memories may be slightly fuzzy." To read the full review with tasting notes visit the blog.
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From the Robb Cellar, Robb Report Magazine
September 2009 Issue
"The whisky packs a 100-poof punch, with bold yet creamy flavours of sherry, chocolate, raspberry and cherry on a spicy cinnamon finish. Of the 4,200 bottles culled from the casks, only about 200 have been allotted to the United States."
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WHISKY NOTES by Ruben
25 August 2009
This certainly is a blend that will appeal to many malt lovers (give it to them blind). Very smooth and gentle. It’s probably the best blend I’ve ever had. more>
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POPSOP.COM
12 August 2009
The packaging design is as elegant and precious as the drink itself. more>
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TWO NEW DRAMS FROM PREISS IMPORTS
6 August 2009 by Matt from WhiskyApostle
This is a very unique dram and very nice. It is not like anything else. If I had to compare it to something, I would compare it to Highland Park 30yo and Charbay's Whiskey Release II. It doesn't really taste like either, but I am reminded of both as I sip. I must say that I was surprised to find that its 100 proof. Uncommonly smooth, you could hurt yourself drinking this.
Rating: Hate to say this about a rare and expensive whiskey but...Must Buy
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WINNER - WHISKY SHOP DUFFTOWN 2009 CHALLENGE
12 May 2009
Black Bull 30yo won the award for best non-Speyside whisky at the Whisky Shop Dufftown's Independent Bottlers Challenge at the 2009 Spirit of Speyside Festival. The competition was judged in a blind tasting by the festival visitors. Mike Lord from the Whisky Shop Dufftown stated that "Personally I think Black Bull is a fabulous whisky, full of character and flavour. It was certainly one of my festival highlights."
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MALT ADVOCATE MAGAZINE REVIEW
By John Hansell, online blog
Antique amber/chestnut color. Full sherry impact, but never cloying—the higher alcohol level and grain whisky cut through the sherry and add balance and drinkability. This is a fruity confection delight, with, raisin chutney, fig cake, orange almond scone, and chocolate-covered cherry. Add to the mix richly textured toffee, old oak, polished leather, and a cinnamon-spiced, tobacco finish. A rare treat! A great old blend that malt drinkers will embrace.
Advanced Malt Advocate magazine rating: 94
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WHAT'S HOT AND WHAT'S NOT?
Lucas Dynowiak's Blog,
Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre
Hotter - Black Bull 30 yo
"The brand new incarnation of the famous Black Bull blend is out and about. The official launch took place in New York...There is no escaping it, you are fated to face the Beast this spring!" more>
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NIEUW BINNEN!
"De Gulden Hoeck" (Netherlands)
"Geproeft en heerlijk bevonden. Een echte aanrader!"
(Something nice about Black Bull in Dutch) read more>
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STAFF TASTING NOTES
RoyalMileWhiskies.com
Nose: Tarte tatin, toffee apples and Seville orange marmalade. Coffee creams. Pontefract cakes (liquorice) and figs. There's a little gunpowdery sulphur from the sherry casks, but its not at all an unpleasant note. Sensationally attractive nose.
Palate: Toffee and spice and liquorice root. Delicious, with a balance of creaminess and dryness. Lovely.
Finish: More spice and espresso-like bitterness.
Overall: A cracking after dinner dram read more>
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TOP KNOTCH BLENDS
23 April 2009, Whiskyfun.com by Serge
"I never tried the old version of Black Bull, but this new one is quite potent and, considering it is a blend, top shelf material for sure." read more>
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30YO BLACK BULL, A DREAM HOUSE PET!
20 April 2009, Edinburgh Whisky Blog by Lucas
"A bull of a whisky. Rough image, delicate heart....With its bargain price tag, Black Bull sweeps Blue Label and Dewars Signature aside effortlessly. Highly recommended buy. If you can get your hands on it that is..." read more>
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photo Colin Rennie
ANGELA CAPTURES BLACK BULL FOR THE BOTTLE
17 April 2009, Press and Journal
A likeness of a black bull that grazes in a Deeside field will grace bottles of whisky sold worldwide. The label was revealed yesterday at the relaunch of Duncan Taylor and Cos Black Bull brand at the whisky retailer shop at Huntly. read more>
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RECENT RELEASES 04.09
Whisky-pages.com by Gavin D Smith and Tom Cannavan
The Huntly-based, independent bottling firm of Duncan Taylor & Co Ltd has recently reintroduced the Black Bull blended whisky brand, originally trademarked in 1933 by George Willshire & Co Ltd of Dundee. read more>
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BLACK BULL 30YO BLENDED WHISKY
Whisky News, malthead.blogspot.com, by Pete Lamb
"I like this a lot! The grain just adds a cracking creaminess that tames the the sherry. An ever changing dram one to take your time over.
Score: 92/100" read more>