Bunnahabhain 2004 Cask Strength Collection Collection Foundations 20 yo

 

 

 

61°

Distillery : Bunnahabhain - Islay 

1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Butt

Independent Bottling 

By Signatory Vintage 

Limited Edition 

Single Cask 

Bottled in 2024

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength

Almost Unpeated

 

 

 

The Foundations collection offers us a few gems, such as this Bunnahabhain, which spent 20 years and two months in a 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Butt. 491 bottles were released, sold in principle only on the French market.

 

 

 

Let's Taste It : 

The nose is full of very intense Sherry, cherry pie, blueberries and redcurrants, soaked leather, dried fruits, dates, apricots, figs, brown tobacco, applesauce, patchouli, turmeric, potimarron, pomegranate, large slices of watermelon, wood varnish. On the palate, it's more nuanced, more cereal-like, nuts, pipe tobacco, prunes, baked apples, and of course red fruits galore, cinnamon, caramel, nutmeg, perhaps a touch of salt. The finish is devastating, extremely long, filled with leather and beeswax, mountain honey, blackberry and raspberry, with pine resin, quince jam, traces of encaustic.

 

In Short, 

It's true that we lose a little of the distillery's costal character, but the Sherry is so well brought out, deep, complex and nuanced. It's fabulous, delicious and intense. The price is high, of course, but commensurate with the quality produced.

Score : 90

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                           To Be Listened While Sipping :

 

                                           Big Daddy Wilson - Walk a Mile in my Shoes