Bunnahabhain 2014/2024 tasting notes
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concert_goerBunnahabhain 9YO Duncan Taylor Exclusively for K&L Wines 75cl 54.7% ABV
Faultline range
Distilled October 30, 2014; bottled July 26, 2024
Peated
Cask type: Sherry Butt
Cask no: 3814010851
Color: amber.
Nose: smoke, dill, ash, barley, tar, garlic stems, olive oil, watercolor paint, dates, lacquer, burnt rubber, a touch of sulfur, peat, iodine, chocolate, oilcloth, rosin. Restless and a bit chemical. With water: more lacquer, chocolate gingerbread, malt, wet newspaper.
Taste: smoky and spicy, iodine, lemon juice, green apples, pears, peat, salt, chocolate, rubber, lime zest, herbs. Not very smooth. With water: more sweet fruity notes, but still quite harsh.
Finish: pepper, salt, iodine, rubber, peat, smoke, lime zest, baked apples, herbs.
Score: 8 ¼. Almost good. +1+1+1.
Conclusion: a heavy-going malt that begs for water, though the water hardly improves it. Far less interesting than the very recent JWC bottling of almost the same age. No idea what kind of sherry butt DT used but hard to believe it was first-fill. The cask number has ten digits, which is something. 83/100. The $50 price per bottle, though, was great.
Faultline range
Distilled October 30, 2014; bottled July 26, 2024
Peated
Cask type: Sherry Butt
Cask no: 3814010851
Color: amber.
Nose: smoke, dill, ash, barley, tar, garlic stems, olive oil, watercolor paint, dates, lacquer, burnt rubber, a touch of sulfur, peat, iodine, chocolate, oilcloth, rosin. Restless and a bit chemical. With water: more lacquer, chocolate gingerbread, malt, wet newspaper.
Taste: smoky and spicy, iodine, lemon juice, green apples, pears, peat, salt, chocolate, rubber, lime zest, herbs. Not very smooth. With water: more sweet fruity notes, but still quite harsh.
Finish: pepper, salt, iodine, rubber, peat, smoke, lime zest, baked apples, herbs.
Score: 8 ¼. Almost good. +1+1+1.
Conclusion: a heavy-going malt that begs for water, though the water hardly improves it. Far less interesting than the very recent JWC bottling of almost the same age. No idea what kind of sherry butt DT used but hard to believe it was first-fill. The cask number has ten digits, which is something. 83/100. The $50 price per bottle, though, was great.
