Bunnahabhain 1974 Perfect Dram Tasting Notes and Ratings.

Bunnahabhain 1974 Perfect Dram

Added on Friday, Dec 10, 2010 at 09:04 PM

Bottler:

Perfect Dram

Age:	34 yrs	Type:	Scotch
Vintage:	1974	Subtype:	Single Malt
ABV:	59.30 %	Region:	Islay
Price:	$220	Availability:	Overseas Specialty

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Member Ratings and Notes

Chris

N: The dark color sets expectations here, and the sherry is big and bold. It's not so traditional, however, with more spice and some custard-like notes.
P: A moderately dry sherry bomb with lots of spice (yeah I use that term a lot, shove it). Does what it does about as well as can be done (I'm completely sober, I swear).
F: Watermelon? No, I think not, but something unique and fruity that sets this one apart.

Dave

ALMOST an A.

Nose is all old sherry - prunes and chocolates - wood resin.

Palate is sweeter with raisins and heavy cream. Surprising little wood resin on the palate. The nose said more would be there.

A longer finish with oak and sherry.

Not a normal profile for Bunnahabhain...a pleasant surprise as I am not usually fond of Bunnys.

Adam

A classic, weathered, sherry-bomb pleaser. Restrained tannins play nicely off the deep dried fruity stuff (Turkish Delights for certain, which I admittedly only know the taste of due to reading so many European whisky reviews, and then seeking the thingies out). Seems less than 59.3%. Cocoa, dates. Water opens up even more deliciousness. Whisky for a gentleman's library.

Sku

Nose: Port and other deep wine notes.

Palate: Big sherry notes with chewy oak. I get port on the nose but sherry on the palate, but a bit drier than most sherry monsters. There's a lot going on here, the sherry is really integrated into this malt in a way that surpasses a lot of sherry one-note malts.

Finish: Chewy with big sherry notes and lots of fig.

I like this for its complexity. It's sherried but has some really intricate flavors going on. Good stuff.

Fuji

A great clean sherry nose and palate. Lots of dark fruits (prunes, figs, berries) accompanied by leather, tobacco and some smoke.

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