54,1°
Distillery : Bunnahabhain - Islay
1st Fill Bourbon Barrel
Independent Bottling
By Hidden Spirits
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2023
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Peated around 40 ppm
Third and final gem unearthed by Hidden Spirits on the occasion of its tenth anniversary. This is a Bunnahabhain Staoisha, which means it's heavily peated, although it doesn't say so on the bottle. It was aged in a single first-fill Bourbon cask, resulting in a total of 260 bottles.
Let's Taste It :
Quite strong peat, very mineral and chalky. Diffuse iodine, sea breeze and foam. Damp cellar, soot, soggy wood. Some white fruits but it has to be said quickly. Crystalline vanilla. The fruit returns on the palate and is much more present, plum, banana, lychee, mirabelle, violent spices, nutmeg and pepper. A cloud of cotton candy. Very beautiful finish, very powerful and full-bodied, with cereals, honey, chestnuts, a pinch of salt, thick peat, a shower of lemon juice and almond paste. Genoise.
In Short,
The nose and finish are fine without being sublime, but the finish is. It seemed really incredible to me, but it's true that Hidden Spirits has this knack of pushing the capabilities of many distilleries to the limit. If my impression is confirmed, then this would be the best peated Bunnahabhain I've ever tasted. At the same time, nothing surprising, it's also the oldest.
Score : 89
To Be Listened While Sipping :
The Gathering - On Most Surfaces
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