58,7°
Distillery : Bunnahabhain - Islay
Bourbon Casks and Ruby Port Hogsheads Finish
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2024
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Totally Unpeated
On the occasion of Fèis Ile 2024, the music and whisky festival held every year on Islay, the distillery has released no fewer than 4 limited editions. This one is the youngest, ‘only’ 14 years old. Distilled on 26 May 2009, the juice then lived in Bourbon casks until 17 November 2020, before venturing into Ruby Port Hogsheads, the sweetest. It is not stated how many bottles were produced.
Let's Taste It :
Very velvety nose, prunes, figs, dark chocolate mousse. Fudge and treacle, varnished old wood. Red fruit salad in the background, a few citrus fruits, lime, orange marmalade. A hint of blackcurrant, honey and floral touches, melting liquorice. Chocolate and malt come together on the palate, with woody blueberries, overripe muscat grapes, a bit old, tomato and lingonberry soup, followed by a trail of salt and pepper, cumin, nutmeg, barbecue sauce. Very long, explosive finish, black pepper and cloves, fir needles, traces of eucalyptus, charcoal, caramel and liquorice, slight woody bitterness, heather, bark, dried raisins and apricots. Speculoos biscuit crumbs.
In Short,
It's magnificent. Your mouth is full of blueberry tart. I shouldn't say so, but this is a real treat at a modest price. I'd like to thank my readers in advance for letting me buy the bottle before the last one is snapped up. Having said that, it's a very special profile actually, you have to love blueberries.
Score : 91
To Be Listening While Sipping :
Christopher James - Half Past Midnight
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