This is one of the bottlings released to commemorate the 2021 Fèis Ìle, which for the second year in a row is limited to online celebrations only. This is a heavily-peated expression aged for 8 years and finished in Bordeaux casks. Only 5166 bottles produced. It is bottled without chill-filtration or added color at a cask strength of 59.5% ABV.
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Beautiful balance of berries and smoke Nose: Smoke, Bacon, Strawberries, Toffee, Raspberries, Dates, Figs, Brown Sugar Palate: Figs, Smoke, Iodine, Salted Caramel, Cod, Raspberries, Morello Cherries, Nutmeg, Dark Chocolate, Cinnamon Finish: Blackberries, Salted Cod, Toffee, Smoke, Dark Chocolate, Honey
Nose: Smokey woods, smoked meat, red berries and strewed dark stone fruits. Rich cocoa vanilla syrup Pallet: more smoked meats, heavy oils and fruit. Cherry pie, salt and brine, tannins out the warzoo Finish: long peppery smoke, more sea salt notes, oil and savoury meat. Sweet wines.
Aroma is pretty complex... tarry smoke, jammy blackberry, and a bit of dried apricots. Taste is a bit hot and tannic upfront with a pop of raisins and dry red wine. The winey notes and slightly tarry slight meaty smoke longer on for a while. I love this distillery.
Blind tasting Nose: light peat, sherry, grass Taste: peat, barbeque, band aid Wood: port? Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Notes: warming. Distillery? Could be a laphroaig sherry cask, maybe ardbeg
Excellent balance of peat, tannins and subtle berry sweetness. Wine casks are very hit or miss but the influence here is restrained and a step up from previous Bunna Bordeaux releases.
Very Spicy and Rich 🥳
Same style and price bracket, best rated first.
