Bunnahabhain The Loch Fyne Fynest 2005 20 Year Old #800467

Bunnahabhain

An impossibly dark and rich single cask dram from one of Islay’s unpeated outliers, independently bottled by our friends at The Loch Fyne. Bunnahabhain is both one of Islay’s largest distilleries and one of its most remote. Its generous stills, filled low and run at an unhurried pace, produce a soft but sumptuous spirit, known for aging well and particularly well-suited to sherry cask maturation. A superb example here from The Loch Fyne’s Fynest range, its full two decades spent in powerful ex-oloroso sherry European oak. Deep chestnut in colour and with deep flavour to match, it’s in keeping with Bunnahabhain’s established style yet takes it to a profound level of intensity. Bottled at a very potent 65.3% abv, water softens it, draws out many-layered nuance, but takes nothing away from its fundamentally decadent and rather grown-up character. One of just 504 bottles from a single cask, presented at its natural strength of 65.3% abv, free from artificial colour or chill filtration.