November 2009
The Thirty-Nineth Edition of "A Whiff of Peat Smoke...." , Why ? because i can !
One step Closer to Christmas......
The SMOS 1979 Bunnahabhain 29yo
It's a bit of a special occassion when you get the chance to sample a whisky at different ages from the same year , Ardbeg led the way with the "Path to Peaty Maturity " then Bruichladdich followed suit with the PC Range . It's even more so when you get the chance to sample bottles from Casks filled on the same day ! Ardbeg again with the 1976 239X casks and Bladnoch with the 1992 26XX casks . What is a privilege is getting 3 different ages from a distillery that doesn't release a lot of their stock . Luckily for us Sukhinder from The Whisky Exchange has done such a thing with one of my favourite distilleries Bunnahabhain . Over the past 3 years he's been releasing a 1979 at 27yo , 28yo and now 29yo .
| SMOS 1979 29yo Bunnahabhain | |||
| Year - 1979 | Age - 29yo | ABV - 44.8% | |
| Colour - Golden Syrup . | |||
| Nose - Incredibly sweet nose , loads of Honey and fudge . Apple Pie and custard . | |||
| Taste - Again really sweet on the palate , Honey ,slight spices , cloves . Also Apples , tarte cooking ones . nice maltiness as well . | |||
| Finish - Long , sweet and slight spiciness . | |||
| Comments - Distilled 31/10/1979 , Bottled 21/08/2009 , From a Bourbon Barrel #28811 , 1 of 205 Bottles . Another really nice , old Bunnahabhain. | |||
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