Bunnahabhain Ceòbanach

A peaty presentation from a traditionally non-peaty Islay producer

Phenols at 35 ppm. Aged in ex-bourbon casks for 10+ years. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-U8me62kZEY ; https://youtu.be/vf3QkrOn2OI. Pronounced kyaw-bin-och. A smoky and earthy aroma with flavors that include some pepper, an earthiness, malt, vanilla, and light citrus. There is a nice sweet, honeyed, finish and, not my comment, but "warm salted butter" fits this well. The only drawback for me is a lingering bit of seaweed on the palate.

Notes for review

Hmm, the nose is very light, but pleasant. Faint peat and smoke met with some floral heather and orange. Sweet hints of cake batter. Palate - neat since it's 46.3...wow, more smoke on it than the nose. Very creamy, almost dreamsicle like. Medium mouth coat of oil on the finish. It has an extremely faint ashtray finish, but it's dry and not enough. Something is missing though, so adding a droplet of water. Brought out more citrus orange on the nose. Great taste still, but the finish, I am just not getting as much as I want.