Sold outIn short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 12 years.
“A floral, heathery peat smoke wafted over the steep slope of a gravel beach with the clouds hanging low and the mist coming in from the sea – one could almost sense the…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 10.218 is a single cask of Bunnahabhain, in the Islay region, 12 years old, bottled at 55.7%. Every Society bottle numbered 10.x is from Bunnahabhain.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
On Islay's north-east shore, facing Jura across the Sound, Bunnahabhain has distilled since 1881; the village was built to house its workers, and until a road arrived in 1960 everything came and went by sea. On an island famed for smoke, its classic spirit is the gentle exception, made from unpeated malt: nutty, salty-sweet and at ease in sherry wood. The name means 'mouth of the river'. Distell's, now Heineken's.