I was invited as guest speaker at a online tasting hosted by Vault of Spirit a Danish web shop.
We tasted 6 whiskies with different expressions and had 480 participants sitting at home enjoying some good whisky and talk provided by Daniel The Whisky Viking, Benedikte (the owner of Vault of Spirits) and me.
Bunnahabhain mainly make unpeated whisky – actually 65% is unpeated, so that leaves 35% for the peated whisky and when they smoke, they smoke heavy.
Wilson & Morgan is an independent bottler of Scotch malt whisky and have been selecting casks for bottling since 1992. You can get a little disorientated by the name and think Wilson & Morgan is English or Scottish but they are Italian. Maybe I will tell about Independent bottlers in another post. I love the saying or rule the Wilson & Morgan CEO Fabio Rossi follows when he chooses the different casks: “Trust your palate and your instinct.” – This is what is all about.
I like Bunnahabhain whiskies and this one is no exception, But it is very classic to the Islay style. I think if I had this one and an Ardbeg “Wee Beastie” that also has been matured for 5 years in ex-bourbon casks, I don’t think I can tell the difference. Well maybe I should try that one day.
This is a easy drinking young peated whisky and if you are liking Islay whiskies, you will like this one as well. What can I say – Just do it ๐
Give it a few drops of water and you tame it a little.
I believe this one was rated the evenings top whisky from the participants.
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๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ง๐ฎ: Bunnahabhain
๐ฝ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ง: Wilson & Morgan
๐๐๐ข๐: Heavy Peat
๐๐๐ง๐๐๐จ: Barrel Selection
๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐: Single Malt
๐พ๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ: Scotland – Islay
๐ผ๐๐: 5 Years old
๐ผ๐ก๐ %: 48
๐พ๐๐จ๐ ๐จ: Butts (500L)
๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐๐: Cask no.: 14010129/30
๐พ๐๐๐ก๐ก-๐๐๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐: No
๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐ค๐ก๐ค๐ช๐ง: Yes
๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ: 2014
๐ฝ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ฃ: 2019
๐๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐: 1582 bottles
๐ ผ๐ ๐๐ ฐ๐๐๐ ธ๐ ฝ๐ ถ ๐ ฝ๐ พ๐๐ ด๐
๐: A good load of smoke, Classic young smoke, sweetness, vanilla, a little medicin cabinet, salt, a pleasant smoke
๐: Streight down the smoky road, peat smoke, sweet, actually soft for a young whisky, oily, vanilla and some licorice root
๐: A pleasant medium to long smoky finish
๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ: ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ (4/6)
๐ ผ๐ ๐๐ ฐ๐๐ ธ๐ ฝ๐ ถ ๐๐๐๐๐ ด๐ ผ
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ – ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ ๐ฎ – ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ก๐
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ค๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ’๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ – ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐ข ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐
๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐ – ๐’๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฎ
๐ฅ๐ฅ – ๐๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐, ๐๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ค ๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ
๐ฅ – ๐๐๐ฉ’๐จ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ