Bunnahabhain 1965 TWA Private Stock
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Bunnahabhain |
| Bottler | The Whisky Agency (TWA) |
| Bottling Series | Private Stock |
| Vintage | 1965 |
| Bottled Year | 2010 |
| Age | 45년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | 195 |
| ABV | 40.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
fresh fruits, vanilla and white chocolate. Need I say more? Okay, butter pears, overripe apples, custard, ripe kiwis and oranges (a little). Touches of green tea. I wouldn’t say this is overly aromatic nor even complex but balance is perfect and, above all, there’s no tiredness despite the old age and the very low strength (it’s at natural cask strength as always at this excellent bottler’s). Nice herbal notes arising after a few minutes, typical of very old malts (the well-known trio, mint, eucalyptus and camphor)
restaurant Palate
‘some tannins’ for sure at first sips and a structure that isn’t too big. Some tea, banana skin, cinnamon… The fruitiness is well here as well, papayas, oranges… Quite some vanilla as well. The whole is a tad fragile, with kind of an unstable balance, as if this couldn’t have waited any longer in wood – which is the case anyway according to the strength. This balance is actually quite miraculous in my opinion
timer Finish
slightly short but yet again, balanced. Miraculously. Oranges