56,5°
Distillery : Bunnahabhain - Islay
Oloroso Sherry Butt
Independent Bottling
By Signatory Vintage
Limired Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2024
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Almost Unpeated
This one is a brand new addition to the recent Symington's Choice range, which brings together the finest productions of Signatory Vintage, Single Casks at least 21 years old. We're still in the Cask Strength Collection series, but this is the next level. 427 bottles have been released for sale.
Let's Taste It :
Very delicate nose, yellow plum pulp coated in chocolate, candied fruits, muscat grapes, a touch of gooseberry. Salted butter caramel, melted butter with a drop of sweet white wine, toasted almonds. It's deep and racy, brown tobacco, thick acacia honey, all in fine balance. Banana and mother-of-pearl. On the palate, it's lighter, simpler, but very smooth, white chocolate mousse, vanilla éclair, then fairly powerful spices lead to a long, explosive finish, where the tobacco and dark chocolate stand out, clove, it's almost smoky, but more on the stuffed fig in fact. Braised mushrooms with cream, cachou.
In Short,
This is an excellent Bunnahabhain, very well married to the Sherry, as is often the case. However, the palate is just a little below the finish and the nose, which are frankly perfect, complex and bewitching. On the other hand, the distillery's costal profile is not present. The price isn't that high, and to be honest, the idea of buying it has crossed my mind, it wouldn't be a waste in any case.
Score : 90
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Dede Priest - What it is ain't what it ain't
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