Bunnahabhain lately introduced three bottlings for Feis Ile 2022. They are going to be accessible on the distillery in the course of the competition, however you may additionally purchase them from the on-line store
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Distilled on the twenty eighth of October 1998, this restricted version whisky spent simply over 20 years maturing in a traditional ex-bourbon cask. At the very least, that’s what I believe because the distillery doesn’t specify. In November 2019 it moved to a French Calvados cask to complete for nearly two years.
Bunnahabhain 23 yo 1998 Calvados Cask End (49,7%, OB for Feis Ile 2022)
Nostril: pretty impartial aromas, a bit of on the candy facet. I get a number of lower yellow apples, in addition to ripe pears and toffee. Hints of moss and heather honey. Some herbs and hay. Candy beer. Delicate coastal notes. All fairly good but it surely’s a bit of middle-of-the-road, we anticipated extra.
Mouth: an analogous sweetness. Bready cereals, yellow and pink apples, alongside floral honey. Mid-palate it develops a natural bitterness in addition to tangy white pepper. A drop of cough syrup. Delicate nutty notes in direction of the tip.
End: not very lengthy, nonetheless on (evenly oxidized) apples, oak spice and a faint floral contact.
The apparent apple flavours make it a bit bland and the slight astringency doesn’t assist both. Grasp of Malt is promoting this Calvados Cask, but it surely’s not well worth the asking value in my view. It’s bought out on the Bunna web site however the different Feis Ile releases are nonetheless accessible. We’ll quickly strive these as properly. Fingers crossed.
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