42,6°
Distillery : Bunnahabhain - Islay
Bourbon Hogshead
Independent Bottling
By William Cadenhead Limited
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2017
Unchillilftered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Totally Unpeated
Among the Cadenhead ranges, Scotland's oldest trading company, the Single Cask is the most common, but it is by no means a low-end product. All in all, there are several hundred expressions from all over Scotland. Here we have a very fine 27-year-old Bunnahabhain, aged in a single Hogshead Bourbon cask, with only 264 bottles released for sale. There is another 1989 Bunnahabhain issued in the same collection, but it was bottled especially for Takao's Whiskyfair in Taiwan.
Let's Taste It :
The first impression is of yellow fruit, plum, banana, even gooseberry, and it lingers. It's sandy, sweet, the vanilla stands out, an earthy character, fine and dry earth. A vegetal touch, but it's still rather sweet. Fruit tart, genoise, ganache, meringue, but very discreet, it's quite full-bodied above all. On the palate, the Bourbon is full-bodied, but still with an earthy, herbaceous profile, noble wood and mocha. The spices caress the tip of the tongue, with a touch of salt and a hint of chocolate, followed by a really successful, long finish of chocolate milk, cola, fresh figs and dates filled with almond paste.
In Short,
Very pleasant, very fruity, this Bunna, a bit old school. You can't find some of the distillery's hallmarks on the nose, iodine, minerality and exotic fruits. On the other hand, it is very sweet and pleasant. On the palate, the profile is more typical. It's a very successful whisky, very well made, though perhaps a little too much Bourbon influenced for my taste. I'm not used to Bunna in Bourbon barrel, so I'll have to explore this further. As for the price, it's expensive, but that's not surprising. If you take into account the age of the product, these are market prices.
Score : 89
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Lianne La Havas - Au Cinema
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