Bunnahabhain 11-year-old Discovery Gordon & Macphail / 43% / 0.7l
- In the spring of 2018 family owned whisky specialist Gordon & MacPhail (founded 1895) announced cutting their whisky portfolio down from 14 whisky ranges to five.
Product description
In April 2018, renowned independent whisky publisher Gordon & MacPhail, which has been operating since 1895, announced it would be reducing its “release series” from fourteen to five.
After a few weeks, a new series, Discovery, debuted, presented with three label colors corresponding to whisky profiles. For example, Smoky with Peat was assigned a gray color, Sherry Cask Matured purple, and Bourbon Cask Matured green. On each label we find a short tasting note and an indication of age or year of distillation. The "discovery" of August 2018 was the presented here Bunnahabhain 11 years old, a whisky matured exclusively in sherry casks and bottled at 43% alcohol.
Nose : damp leaves and hay, buttered toast, caramel, vanilla, oranges, cinnamon, cloves, traces of leather and peat.
Taste: pleasantly fruity, raisins, peaches, plums, orange jam, vanilla, chocolate-coated hazelnuts, notes of pepper and allspice.
Finish: medium long, with notes of milk chocolate, orange jam, hazelnuts, allspice and cloves.