Whisky Maltbarn, Bunnahabhain "Moine Heavily Peated" 5 Years Old, 2011, 0.7 L
Reviews of purchase Maltbarn, Bunnahabhain "Moine Heavily Peated" 5 Years Old, 2011, 0.7 L
Tasting Notes
Whiskey light golden color.
The taste of whiskey a pleasant, fruity, with hints of gooseberry, apple and lemon candy. In the middle of the palette there is a lot of momentum saline and mineral notes accompanied by shades of ginger, pepper and curry oak. Closer to the final show through beautiful nuances of vanilla cream and earth. The aftertaste is long, fairly neutral, with notes of herbs, cinnamon and banana.
The aroma of whiskey at the same time combines the coastal and fruit tones (sweet grapefruit, apple peel, peach), which are complemented by nuances of walnut, lemon verbena and linseed oil. With the addition of water begin to dominate the aroma of tropical fruit tones.
Whiskey is recommended as a digestif, with cigar, coffee custard.
Interesting Facts
"Bunnahabhain" 26 Years Old, 1987 - a very complex whiskey, which harmoniously combines typical for island whiskey "coastal" notes and rich fruit tones. Despite the fact that 26 years whiskey is aged in barrels of sherry, sherry wood and the effect of music on the bouquet was minimal and appears only in the background. Pouring whiskey in the framework of the party number 20 took place in 2014. Total 121 bottle of whiskey was released.
The name of the Scottish distillery Bunnahabhain comes from Gallic phrase "Boon-a-havn", which literally means "mouth of the river", it is not surprising, as the distillery and warehouses with barrels really located right on the beach. A feature of whiskey Bunnahaven is that in its production uses water from springs located on a hill and passing through the peat bogs, and therefore has no distinctive taste of peat, which is present in many of the local whiskey. As a result, whiskey Bunnahaven get softer and easier on the palate than its neighbors, but also ideally suited for production on the basis of its other drinks. Most of the Bunnahabhain distillery products supplied for the production of the popular brands of whiskey, "Feymos Grouse" and "Cutty Sark". But Bunnahaven successfully sells and spirits under its trademark, denying its delicate flavor myth of the rough nature of Scottish malts with peat hills.
Bunnahaven distillery was built on the island of Islay in 1881 and almost did not interrupt the work of all time, in contrast to other distilleries. Its production is characterized by the fact that the "heart" of the distillate, ie, the part that goes to the aging, much less than other distilleries in Scotland. Bunahabhain - the lightest of all the islands of Islay single malts.
Producer's description
Family firm Maltbarn is based on a farm in northern Germany, on the coast of the North Sea. On the colorful labels of whiskey Maltbarn always depicted the surrounding farm world - The surrounding flora and fauna or small sketches from the life of most farms. Whisky from Maltbarn - it is not mass-produced, filling carried out in very small quantities, usually from one barrel.