Bunnahabhain 1974 DL Old & Rare - The Platinum Selection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bunnahabhain |
| Bottler | Douglas Laing (DL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1974 |
| Bottled Year | 2008 |
| Age | 37년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Cask Matured |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 57.6% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 가볍게 흔들면 1974년 부나하벤의 37년 숙성이 짙은 마호가니로 잔 벽을 적신다. 잔을 가져가면 더글러스 라잉 올드앤레어 플래티넘의 묵은 셰리 캐스크가 건자두와 흑밀랍으로 가장 먼저 인사한다. 한 모금을 머금으면 57.6도의 강한 알코올이 다크 초콜릿과 가죽을 입천장을 천천히 덮는다. 삼킨 뒤를 따라가면 아일라 비피트 특유의 짠 기운과 마른 무화과가 길게 이어진다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
light amber
air Nose
what I love about Bunnahabhain is that, when it’s on form, it manages to be wonderfully distinctive and very ‘Islay’ without the crutch of peat. This is a delicate balancing act between dried seaweeds, ripe exotic and green fruits, salted mead, heather honey and then some lovely fragrant notes like sandalwood, cured meats, smoked teas and herbal bitters. Elegance, precision and complexity. With water: becomes sweeter and more herbal, close to yellow Chartreuse with a persistent, underlying saltiness. Some orange cordial, cooking oils and salted peanuts
restaurant Palate
extremely umami, that is to say wonderfully resinous and saline. Lots of soy sauce, cured game meats, dried seaweed, ramen broth, miso, medical embrocations, natural tar and then some sweetness from boiled lime sweets, children’s cough medicines and cherry throat sweets. There’s also a sense of crystallised fruits chopped into muesli. With water: again it’s meats, followed by umami and then dried and crystallised fruits. Extremely ‘full’ and rather oily and fatty in texture
timer Finish
long and still wonderfully savoury, fatty, oily, salty, lightly nutty and getting rather peppery and medical