Bunnahabhain PX Noe, 2004 Vintage.

Well, i have arrived to Bunnahabhain, one epic Islay distillery. There i had booked beforehand, a tasting of 4 unique single malts. When we arrived, the distillery was absolutely gorgeous with a visitor centre in front of the sea, in a beach-like house. Marvelous setting i got to say, but the people working there weren't so enthusiastic to teach us about the whiskies or do the tasting with us. They actually left the whiskies in a box for us (samples) and the empty glasses. You can actually take all the time you want, and enjoy the view, but as an experience you'll get 4 minutes of info and then you are on your own. The first whisky i picked from my box was this Pedro Ximenez "NOE" 2004 vintage, bottled at 54.1%abv. NOE is a type of rare PX sherry from Gonzalez Byass, from a 30 year solera maturation. On the nose, it is quite dim and dissapointing. Pineapple, chocolate, hazelnut and sawdust. Tropical notes, arcor's "chocolatin". On the palate it was really good. Milk chocolate, very appealing. Pineapple and tropical fruits. Salt. Chocolate toffee. SUPER SUGARY CAP'N CRUNCH Cereal or Frosted Flakes! Aftertaste was great as well. Sawdust, vinegar, ginger. Actually super vinegar notes. Like the Dalmore custodian, the vinegar here is uncanny. There is this sugary aftertaste, beautiful. Very long. Overall, this should have a better score, but the nose was no match for an awesome palate and aftertaste. The rare sherry used really gave me some interesting notes here. Good whisky, my score for it was 85 over 100.