Small Batch Release
26 Year Old Bunnahabhain
BODY
RICHNESS
SMOKE
SWEETNESS
Type
Single Malt
Bottler
Malt Musketeers
Distillery
Bunnahabhain
Vintage
1991
Stated Age
26 years-old
Bottled
2018
Outturn
90
Cask Number
4321
Strength
50.3% abv
Cask Type
1st Fill Sherry Cask
Cask Strength
yes
Colouring
no
Single Cask
yes
Core Range
no
Flavour Profile
Caramel
Cigar Wrapper
Cinnamon
Cloves
Dark Chocolate
Dried Fruit
Leather
Muscovado Sugar
Nutmeg
Oak
Oil
Orange
Raisin
Sawdust
Sea Salt
Sherry
Walnut
Wood Spice
Tasting Notes
Nose
Big powerful nose of rich sherry, polished leather, dark and dried fruits, gorgeous balance of muscovado sugar, freshly made caramel and ground walnuts. Fresh raisins, hints of cinnamon, mixed spices, dusty wood shavings and old oak. There’s a lovely dark maduro cigar wrapper hiding and becomes more obvious after being left to breathe for 15 minutes. A nose that can only be described as sublime.
Palate
Mouth-watering, fresh wood spices, dark chocolate, sherried oak, nutmeg, clove and a hint of coastal saltiness. Like the nose, the palate is very well balanced with the richness of the sherry taking command.
Finish
Medium to Long and warming. Wood spices are still building with a dense orange oiliness appearing. The muscovado sugar appears again moving to dark fruits, finishing with a salted caramel tang. There is a subtle drying note at the very end which tails off to a slight bitter dark chocolate.
Overall
Excellent balance and lots of character, this is a must try for any Bunnahabhain fan or those who love big, rich sherried single casks. We are extremely lucky to get hold of this whisky and from those who have sampled it so far, have been very pleased with our choice. Tasting without water.
Overall Score:
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