Bunnahabhain Sauternes Finish 14 Year Old, Oloroso & Sauternes Cask, Cask #281, 2009, Ferg & Harris, 54.7%

A rare opportunity to taste heavily peated single malt from Bunnahabhain distillery. Distilled in 2009 on the northernmost corner of Islay, the whisky aged in a refill sherry barrel before being finished in a single sauternes barrique. This is a limited release of just 281 bottles by independent bottler Ferg and Harris. Notes of bonfire and salted caramel. This spirit melds continental sweetness with local smokiness and salt, presenting sharp, fumy aromas from a heavily peated Bunnahabhain expression, allied to a treacly touch from its sherry and Sauternes embraces. Initially matured in a second-fill Oloroso hogshead, it was finished in a Sauternes barrique for three months.