Bunnahabhain Eirigh Na Greine
Single Malt
Bunnahabhain // Islay, Scotland
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WhiskMyWhisky
Reviewed August 28, 2020sweet meat creamy juicy, mid pep grapes 2.25 acidic, low peat, oaky, one dimensional, 2 oaky deep and mid sustain 2 2 sweetness, pleasant, mild and elegant, floral, 3 woody, peppery, bitterness at the back, oaky, obviously an american oak barrel in this - you get a hit a lot of tannins1 mid oaky, sustained1.75 1.75 dense, caramel, sweetness, salt, mid pepper, fruity 2.75 light, delicate, iodine, materialy, earthy, iodine, spicy, sharp, oaky 1 oaky, raw sustained 1.5 1.75 BUNNAHABHAIN EIRIGH NA GREINE 46.3% Bunnahabhain's Eirigh Na Greine was originally released for the Travel Retail market, with its name meaning 'Morning Sky' in Gaelic. A portion of this single malt was matured in red wine casks, resulting in juicy berry notes throughout, blending well with the wafts of sea salt and orchard fruit. a very shy and not in your face kind of intensity, Dense berry, dryness, not the typical vanilla sweet notes no no you dont get this in the sniff, berry, raspberry, grapes, low to mid pepper 2 taste of the wine cask, you get hit of berry, sweetness, nutty aroma, small hit of pepper, smooth beauty, bitterness and dark chocolate sets in 2.75 oaky, mid sustained 2.5 2.25 -
Jose-Massu-Espinel
Reviewed May 10, 2020 (edited March 21, 2021)From the "unpronounceable" Bunnahabhain series, comes this Eirigh Na Greine which means "Morning Sky" in Gaelic. Actually this whisky, non chill-filthered and without any added color, has a deep copper, reddish tone, just like the sky in the morning. Matured in different red wine casks (from Italy and France) this is one fine dram, that promised a lot on the nose, and just couldn't deliver on the palate. Bottled at 46.3% On the nose is just marvelous. Prepare to read some crazy notes here. As soon as you uncork it, you get a Coca Cola aroma. After a couple seconds, without pouring it yet, it delivers the exact aroma of another rare, argentinian spirit, called Fernet. It transported me to an argentinian discotheque were fernet is the preferred drink. Then, after pouring it, dry brown cake, prunes, old thick orange syrup, everything wrapped in a very nice earthy peatiness aroma. Ashes also appear. After 5 minutes breathing, you will get some strange overload of sweetness and i got to say it got me some time to actually detect the exact note.... it was.. Trix cereal. Trix for kids. Im not kidding. I loved it. After the first sip, a lor of red fruitiness appear on the nose. There is a cough syrup of kids called "Coricidin" which is super sweet. It is exactly that. Perfect score on the nose. On the palate, it is still a good dram, but nowhere near as the nose. Very nice, starts sweet like red fruits, to turn spicy and then again this trix cereal sensation. Second sip is very earthy - Dry. Almondy. Aftertaste gives you a puff of smoke right away. A chocolate powder mouth drying note. It is a warm dram, that just drains the saliva. Smoky like cigarretes. Earthy. Short to medium finish. It is woody. Sawdust. Overall i loved this dram, but the palate and the aftertaste are not as appealing as the incredible aroma of it. I wish i could give it a higher score but the fair rate for it is 88 over 100. For $60 it's worth trying.
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