Bunnahabhain 1997

11 year old Islay 58.6 % vol

1 of only 610 bottles from cask no. 5368

Traditionally, Bunnahabhain is very lightly peated, but in 1997 experiments were done using heavily peated malt. This is a rare example from this period. It comes from an active refill butt and has a chestnut brown hue.
Some fresh eggs to start followed by rotting seaweed, dogfish and Twiglets! The Twiglets become more apparent with Marmite and some added chocolate.
Unreduced, this is a monster – intense bbq and wood ash smoke, possibly even cigarette ash, followed by hazelnuts, brazil nuts, pistachio nuts and sugar-coated almonds. With the addition of a little water this becomes a super-smooth dram with caramelized peanuts and Peanut Kit Kat Chunkies. A lovely texture with more peanuts, now salty and chocolate. Not for the faint-hearted.

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