SMOS Marriage Bunnahabhain 27 Year

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This small batch bottling of Bunnhabhain 27 Year is a marriage of 4 different Bourbon hoggies, from three different vintages. It has been bottled at 48.4%. 89pts Whisky Fun.

Tasting Notes by Billy Abbot (The Whisky Exchange)

Nose: Vanilla pods, gummi sweets, salted caramel, pineapple cubes, hay and straw. Fruit follows, along with candy necklaces, meadow flowers, green apple skins and freshly-cut pears. Anise and menthol notes hide at the back.

Palate: Oatcakes and digestive biscuits to start, with sultana-studded shortbread biscuits following on behind. Pineapple, and apple and pear pie notes develop, topped with a pinch of white pepper spice. Citrus notes wash over the pie: lemon zest and fleshy oranges. There's a late appearance icing sugar sweetness over the top and a touch of cocoa and raisin underneath.

Finish: Hay, butter, caramel and gentle spice.

Comment: A perfect balance between Bunnahabhain's weighty, buttery spirit and long-aged fruity notes. The spice provides a contrast, but doesn't get too much.

89pts Whisky Fun

"Four casks have been blended together here, all refill bourbon hogsheads from three different vintages. I suppose this baby will be a little bigger than the 1989s. Colour: pale gold. Nose: again, some creamy yet light Bunnahabhain goodness, with rather more custard this time, and rather less bananas, although there would be bananas ‘of course’. Candyfloss, crème au beurre, tangerines this time, dandelions, sunflower oil, then a little paraffin and a kind of waxy greenness that’s adding depth. Mouth: very good, citrusy, with excellent herbalness, notes of manzanilla and vin jaune, walnut oil, white peaches, and those tangerines again. A wee feeling of Japanese sweet bean paste, what’s the name again? Ah yes, anko. So, anko. Finish: medium, fruity, yet rather firm and waxy. Comments: even if this series is called ‘marriage’, bachelors will like it too (whaaat?)""

700 ml