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Bunnahabhain 27yo, The Good Spirits Company
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed
October 23, 2022
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.
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