Bunnahabhain 27yo, The Good Spirits Company

possibly my favorite ever. caramel and nutmeg on the nose. The palate is full and sweet with caramelized banana and vanilla bean and spices. Salty spicy finish that lingers. Like salted caramel toffee. Amazing.

It is always great to taste a very hard to find whisky, specially if it comes from Islay, and has an age statement of 27 years old. This is exactly the bottle i opened in a private tasting, a 27yo Bunnahabhain, from "The Good Spirits Company", a not very known independent bottler. I always think that old whiskies are a type of time machine, that can make me go to the past, by just asking myself this question: where was i 27 years ago when the youngest drop of this single malt entered an oak barrel?; what has happened in my life and in the world during that time, just to meet this bottle today? Romaticism aside, this one has a pale straw color, and has been bottled at 40.8%abv. On the nose, it is very tropical and sweet. Pineapple, white chocolate; candied fruits, white wine and coconut. There is definitively some salty notes. After a first sip, it gave me the fruits you use when making a wine sangria. Macerated fruits, green grapes and pomegranate. On the palate, it is fabulous. Super hazelnuts with Ferrero Rocher chocolate and hay. The second sip was a little watery, vainilla, pineapple and a slight salt. Very "beachy". Aftertaste is all about pineapple, arazá fruit; it is exactly as a "Piña Colada" Cocktail. Eternal saltiness. It resembles a fancy white rum. And then, all of a sudden, tabacco notes appeared. Overall, this one was absolutely amazing. The most tropical whisky i might have ever had. The typical Bunnahabhain brown chocolate note has changed into a white milk chocolate here to make a perfect mixture with the tropical profiles of this dram. Incredible experience, i am so sad only 179 bottles were ever made, my score for it is 97 over 100.