Bunnahabhain 1947 MG&S Pure Islay Malt Scotch Whisky
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bunnahabhain |
| Bottler | Matthew Gloag & Son Ltd. (MG&S) |
| Bottling Series | Pure Islay Malt Scotch Whisky |
| Vintage | 1947 |
| Bottled Year | 1975 |
| Age | 27년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 90.5% |
| Volume | 757 ml |
| Label | 75° Proof - 26²/³ fl. ozs. |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
75° Proof - 26²/³ fl. ozs.
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
of course Bunnahabhain during this era was - like all Islay makes at the time - peated. Here is shows in abundance and in fact it kind of speaks with a Bowmore accent as there’s many subtle fruits emerging alongside this extremely elegant, coastal peat smoke profile. Seawater, pink grapefruit, lemon peel, guava and then tarred hessian, camphor and smoked sea salt with iodine drops. Medicines, pristine salinity, natural tar and many delicate coastal aspects underneath. Stunning complex and playful in the way it keeps on evolving. With water: fruits, fruits, fruits. But gently so, this sense of delicate and poised fruitiness composed of crystallised grapefruit, lime, kumquat and passion fruit
restaurant Palate
oh dear, this is incredible. The peat on the nose plays tricks with you and you could almost think it’s some top notch 60s Islay whisky, but here there’s no room for equivocating - this is something more old school altogether. The texture and the weight are incredible. Fat, glycerol peat, herbal, turfy smoke and an almost gelatinous medicinal quality. The fruits are also there but it’s more towards tangerines, grapefruit, blood orange and many rather sappy and herbal extract aspects, wintergreen, sandalwood and fir wood. With water: cohesion and perfection. All aligning on this extremely syrupy, textural collision of oily peat, herbal liqueurs, fruit syrups, cough medicines, wormwood and tiny flashes of wonderfully fresh salinity and coastal touches
timer Finish
long and extremely resinous, herbal, sooty, delicately peaty, smoky and medical. More crystallised fruits too