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Key Facts About This Single Malt
Bottler:
Founder: Michael Barbaria
Range: That's The Spirit
Distillery: Bunnahabhain
Region: Islay, Scotland
Distilled: October 2013
Bottled: September 2023
Spirit: Staoisha single malt
Cask Type: Single first fill bourbon barrel
Alcohol by Volume: Cask strength at 55.4%
Bottled: Natural colour and without chill filtration
Outturn: 342 bottles
Bottle Size: 500ml
Bunnahabhain Staoisha 2013 Tasting Notes
Picture this: Devour jam sandwiches and custard doughnuts in your rain-lashed canvas tent on the edge of the windswept beach, whilst freshly-caught herrings spit outside on the smoky bonfire.
Neat, without water
Colour: Jasmine tea.
Nose: Marshmallows burning over a bonfire on a birch stick, petrol, Bunsen burner, rubber boots, canvas tent with a rubber tarpaulin base, shepherd's pie (or hachis parmentier) with extra Worcestershire sauce and brown sauce, plus sage, chives, valerian, blueberries, raspberry jam and chamomile tea.
Palate: Dirty funky smoke, capers, pork pie, herrings smoked over a bonfire, peanut butter, chai tea, sage, marjoram, dark chocolate and smoky bonfires.
Finish: Factory chimneys spewing smoke, plus vanilla latte and beignets, followed by perfect smoke rings.
With a few drops of water
Nose: Water reveals a sweetness with crustless strawberry jam sandwiches, blackberry jam, raspberry doughnuts, peach Melba, coconut ice, fresh magazine ink and a garden incinerator burning old paperwork and magazines over freshly cut nettles and brambles.
Palate: Dirty funky smoke, burning tyres and magazines, petrol, pulpy paper, custard creams, custard doughnut, apple chutney with raisins, rum and raisin fudge and vanilla fudge.
Finish: Clove balls and dirty bonfire smoke, followed by smoke puffs and raspberry and custard doughnuts.
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