Cask Details

Tasting Notes

Nose – Medjoul dates, glace cherry and vanilla marzipan.

Palate – Treacle and hot cross buns.

Nose with water – Oakiness, autumnal days and jam.

Palate with water – Bitter orange marmalade, walnuts and chocolate.

The first nosing is dense and sticky, as of preserved figs, dates and cherries. The nuttiness of marzipan infused with vanilla comes second. With water, more woodiness comes out, and there’s a forest-in-autumn kind of feel, while the last of the year’s fruit is bubbling into jam.

On the palate it is long and luxurious, with a hint of spice, changing the season to spring and hot cross buns. With water, these buns are spread with dense orange marmalade, concealing a mature bite. Walnut-chocolate brittle follows and keeps the finish going.

About The Distillery

Where Bruichladdich paves the way, no doubt the other Islay distilleries are watching and waiting. If Islay proves itself able to grow barley on a whisky-making scale, that niche of artisanal ‘100% Islay grown’ whiskies will whisper its temptations to distilleries that currently must get their barley shipments from the mainland.

Bunnahabhain already feels like a bit of an innovator on Islay. Unusual in being mostly unpeated, having some of the largest examples of distilling equipment in Scotland and for only filling their stills halfway for increased copper contact, this malt dares to be different. They would need a lot of barley to feed their production, but a fully Islay produced Bunnahabhain may not be a pipe dream if Bruichladdich’s experiments take off.
This Bourbon Hogshead filled in November 2005 will showcase the lighter side of Bunnahabhain, which often means something in the line of ‘butter fried bananas’ – lightness is, after all, relative.

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Auction Details

• Bidding will end on October 11th at 11:00pm GMT subject to continuation defined below.
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