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Bunnahabhain Canasta Cask Maturation (Fèis Ìle 2023)
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed
July 9, 2023 (edited November 18, 2023)
Feis ile is always a great time where Islay's distilleries release new beauties. This 2023, Bunnahabhain made two releases; one a Manzanilla Cask super expensive and fancy one; and this Bunnahabhain Canasta Cask matured.
Canasta is the spanish word for "basket", which has nothing to do here, since Canasta apparently is also a type of Oloroso Sherry. Well, this one has been bottled at a beautiful 51.2%abv, with a lovely tawny color.
On the nose tjis is quite impressive. Orange peel, a tangerine caramel; Sawdust and white chocolate. Apple peel, crushed almonds. It is freaking aromatic! After a first sip, it became creamy beautiful on the nose. It smells like a "brigadeiro" sweet. The citrus here is out of this world. Perfect score on the nose.
On the palate, it is great, with an starting white chocolate like "Ritter"; impalpable sugar and orange acidity. On the second sip i got this marvelous sugary note with milk.
Aftertaste was good, but not aa impressive as the palate and nose. Sawdust; hay. Maybe a little overly oaky.
Overall, this is a very enjoyable single malt for a very affordable price. I truly believe Bunnhabhain did a great job in this one and if i ever cross paths with this one again, i will not hesitate to buy it once more. A proper dram, my score for it is 91 over 100.
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