Bottle Details
SMWS Code
10.232
Distillery
Bunnahabhain
ABV
61.1%
Age
9 Years
Cask
Ex-Bourbon Hogshead, 2nd Fill Toasted Oak Hogshead
Distilled
October 2013
Region
Islay
Flavor Profile
Heavily Peated
Category
Scotch
The whisky presents clean yet oily aromas with notes of smoked salmon, crushed nuts, and seafood reminiscent of prawns with samphire and marie rose sauce. Water reveals mineral characteristics, scorched herbs, smoked peanuts, and distinctive carbolic hints with evocative countryside undertones.
Aniseed and liquorice lead on the palate, followed by bacon grease and medicinal cream over oily notes. With dilution, the whisky develops weight from tar and muscle rub while lighter flavours emerge, including lemon peel, singed coconut husks, shortbread, salted liquorice, and camphor.
The finish is characterised by lingering nutty and herbaceous notes with a subtle medicinal quality that fades into the oily, savoury foundation established on the palate.
Clean yet oily aromas suggested smoked salmon, crushed nuts and prawns served with samphire and marie rose sauce on a sandy beach. Aniseed and liquorice announced themselves on the palate before bacon grease and medicinal cream dripped on to oily engine rags. With water we discovered mineral aromas and scorched herbs while nutty notes returned with smoked peanuts and distinctive carbolic hints mixed with evocative countryside smells. The palate now carried the weight of thick tar and muscle rub, however, lighter flavours of lemon peel, singed coconut husks and shortbread had emerged alongside salted liquorice and camphor. Five years in an ex-bourbon hogshead before being transferred to a toasted second fill hogshead.