Heroes & Heretics’ Higginbottom Revival Series’ Bunnahabhain 1989 (27 year old) 41%
Bourbon Hogshead 7714/ Dist: Dec 1989 Btl: Oct 2017/ Tasted: Mar 2020
The nose is initially quite salty, chlorinated and citric with orange, tangerine and hints of summer flowers, violets, clover and bog myrtle. Some beautifully mature, dusty oak appears along with barley and butterscotch. Wonderfully fresh, lithe and characterful.
The palate is a little weightier and barley’d with a touch of manuka honey and sawdusty oak. Poised and elegant with hints of salt, chlorine, lemon, tangerine and Satsuma. Wow! That’s a seriously juicy middle. Stunning finish with mature oak, barley, clover honey, citrus and soft bitter/ sweet spices.
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