While I prefer the peated expressions from Bunnahabhain, I do like the others enough to want to try them when I get a chance, so I added this to an order. The color and ABV on this one are pretty extreme, it’s one I was looking forward to more than most other unpeated expressions. As I write this up it’s amusing I’m posting this almost on the anniversary of its distillation.
Minutia: Distilled on March 17, 2009 and matured in a 1st fill Sherry butt for 11 years and bottled on April 17, 2020 yielding 589 bottles. Enjoyed neat in a glencairn.
Color: Old oak, 1.8.
Nose: General fruit into a wisp of smoke settling into dark fruit. Classic Bunnahabhain nutty malt. Sherry. Toffee comes in after some water.
Taste: Very hot. Sherry. Oak. It’s a bit oakier with some water.
Finish: After a quick fading of heat, coffee, leather, spiced fruit. Medium-long.
This is pretty nice, but that proof is tough to get past. It’s not overwhelming, but it is quite hot and that makes if difficult to taste much else. The water didn’t help a ton, there, and I was worried about adding much more and overdiluting it. Fortunately, the nose doesn’t suffer the same fate and burn the nostrils like you might expect. A Sherried dram lover would really appreciate this one, I think.
Score: 84
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