Bunnahabhain Artist #9 40 Year Old, Refill Sherry Butt Cask, Cask #6508, 1979, Signatory Vintage, 46.7%

Name: Bunnahabhain Artist #9 40 Year Old, Refill Sherry Butt Cask, Cask #6508, 1979, Signatory Vintage, 46.7%
Brand: Bunnahabhain
Rating: 88 (1 reviews)

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Islay Single Malt - 46.7%, 70cl Single Cask #6508 - Refill Sherry Butt Limited Edition of 306 bottles - LMDW Exclusive Bunnahabhain is without a doubt one of Islay's best-kept secrets. Might its relative lack of renown be due to the fact that, until 1997, it produced a single malt which, unlike the island's other malts, was unpeated? Almost definitely! Nevertheless, many bottlings from the 60s and ...

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Type: Single Malt Whisky
Region: Islay
Age: 40 Years
Vintage: 1979
Bottled: 2019
ABV: 46.7%
Volume: 70cl
Distillery: Bunnahabhain
Origin: Scotland

Cask type: Sherry Cask
Bottling: Independent Bottling - Signatory Vintage
Peated: Unpeated
Single cask: Yes
Non-chill filtered: Yes
Cask origin: N.A
Cask no.: 6508
Batch: N.A
PPM: N.A
Barley: N.A
Fermentation: N.A
Master distiller (bottling): N.A
Master distiller (distillation): N.A

Limited edition: Yes
Bottle count: 306
Has box: Yes
Closure: Cork
Presentation: Box
Series highlights: Artist Edition series
Historical context: N.A
Special release: LMDW Exclusive
Allocation: LMDW Exclusive

Nose: refined, complex. Exotic fruits (passion fruit, mango, pineapple), a pinch of curry, nuts (walnut, hazelnut), other spices (nutmeg, cinnamon, cardamom), dark chocolate, coffee and beeswax follow one after the other in an incredibly subtle first olfactory sequence. Allowed to breathe, the sequence moves into more stewed flavours (apple), whilst c ...
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88 / 100 · Based on 1 published review.

OrangepeelSoda30 Sept

88 / 100

The nose pairs passion fruit, mango and pineapple with curry, nuts, spices, dark chocolate and coffee. That mix keeps the fruit from reading as simply sweet, and the beeswax adds an interesting softer note.

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