49,1°
Distillery : Bunnahabhain - Islay
28 Bourbon Hogsheads and 3 Sherry Butts
Independent Bottling
By Wemyss Vintage Malts Limited
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2020
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Totally Unpeated
At Wemyss Malts, they love bottling Bunnahabhain, which is undoubtedly the distillery they use the most, along with Bowmore. Here, they offer a very special product, a blend of 31 casks distilled between 1987 and 1991, 28 of which are Bourbon Hogsheads and the last three are Sherry Butts. A total of 6,500 bottles were produced and released in February 2021. The entire stock was quickly sold out. An amusing and often mocked detail: there's a spelling mistake on the label, the name of the distillery is missing an ‘h’ - they've written it Bunnahabain! The importance of choosing the right sub-contractors.
Let's Taste It :
The nose opens with a delicate iodine, a whiff of sea breeze, and very quickly, buttery vanilla, ripe white fruits, brown sugar, unctuous caramel, blood orange, hints of charcoal and a shadow of smoke. On the palate, it's soft and sweet, cat's tongue biscuits, a knob of butter with caramel and vergeoise, crunchy nougatine, marzipan, and in the background some fairly robust spices, cloves and cumin, which open onto a lovely, long finish, salted butter caramel, peppery chocolate, light touches of liquorice, to land on a beach of fine sand, iodine and limestone lace, a grain of salt.
In Short,
You have to give a medal to the Master Blender who conceived this little thing, because it really is a little masterpiece. At once costal, gourmand, highly complex, expressive and fine, it's one of the best Bunna I've tasted so far. And yet it's reduced. Unfortunately, because it's sold out, the price of the few bottles you can find on the secondary market has rocketed. A purchase of this little marvel is therefore no longer an option.
Score : 90
To Be Listened While Sipping :
CocoRosie - Fairly Paradise
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