Stan_Lite
13-02-2010, 22:01
I went to Fenwicks in town today to get a bottle of nice whisky to drink with my haggis, neeps and tatties tonight (will be having it shortly). Had a bit of a taster of the whisky already and it's extremely nice.
It's a bottle of 30yo Bunnahabhain, matured in Oloroso sherry casks and bottled by private bottlers Murray McDavid as part of their Mission range of whiskies.
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I've said on several occasions that the combination of Islay malts and sherry casks is a marriage made in heaven. This one doesn't disappoint. Colour is a dark golden colour and is slightly hazy when water is added (non chill filtered). Nose is mainly sherry with hints of oaky vanilla and toffee/chocolate. Palate is primarily sherry with typical Islay smoky peatiness and a little oak thrown in. Finish is toffee and bitter chocolate with just a hint of spiciness.
I love this whisky and I'm having trouble not drinking too much of it. I don't want to drink it all in one go as it is too good to get drunk on (also, at £118 a bottle, it's not the sort of whisky one scoffs). It's the first really expensive bottle I've had in a while and it's a great treat - I'm glad I bought it. I'll make it my mission in life to drink as many sherry cask matured Islay malts as I can lay my hands on.
I'm off now to cook my haggis and try not to drink it all. I wish I had a better alternative in the flat than the Penderyn I bough the other day - gonna be difficult to drink that when I know this stuff is so good.
It's a bottle of 30yo Bunnahabhain, matured in Oloroso sherry casks and bottled by private bottlers Murray McDavid as part of their Mission range of whiskies.
http://r1wuga.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pW-r3L39gpm_U-BT1zOIocKrQvi5sKNnkCmGuluVLAek5LmoajiKeehGfn-Z0NyR3O048PV3MKzFX1NVxn7b-WY4UI38UcAuf/Whisky.jpg
I've said on several occasions that the combination of Islay malts and sherry casks is a marriage made in heaven. This one doesn't disappoint. Colour is a dark golden colour and is slightly hazy when water is added (non chill filtered). Nose is mainly sherry with hints of oaky vanilla and toffee/chocolate. Palate is primarily sherry with typical Islay smoky peatiness and a little oak thrown in. Finish is toffee and bitter chocolate with just a hint of spiciness.
I love this whisky and I'm having trouble not drinking too much of it. I don't want to drink it all in one go as it is too good to get drunk on (also, at £118 a bottle, it's not the sort of whisky one scoffs). It's the first really expensive bottle I've had in a while and it's a great treat - I'm glad I bought it. I'll make it my mission in life to drink as many sherry cask matured Islay malts as I can lay my hands on.
I'm off now to cook my haggis and try not to drink it all. I wish I had a better alternative in the flat than the Penderyn I bough the other day - gonna be difficult to drink that when I know this stuff is so good.