Some background:
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| Distillery: | Bunnahabhain | |
| Region: | Islay | |
| Distilled: | 1979 | |
| Age: | 20 | |
| Cask type: | Bourbon | |
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Some background: |
Pronounced "bunn-a-hav-an" the name
means "mouth of the river", for the distillery is squashed between the sea and
the foot of a steep cliff where the river Maradale tumbles into the narrow fast flowing
Sound of jura on the desolate north east coast of Islay. Like its name, the whisky is
quite a mouthful, yet understated for an Islay malt. It is ideal for new converts to this
no-holds-barred appellation...
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| Tasting Note: | 'Toffee and roasted nuts. Antique gold colour and medium-bodied. A very mature version of Bunnahabhain, with greater depth than younger bottlings. It is the Islay whisky without the Islay character, and it is a lovely dram in its own right. Fresh aroma of toffee and roasted nuts. Suprisingly rich in flavour, again displaying toffe, nuts, suggestions of cherry fruit and a dry finish' (Malt Advocate) | |
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