The biggest event in the year is Feis Ile Whisky Festival. But not everyone is able to make this pilgrimage. Bunnahabhain want to bring Feis Ile to the world, making this experience accessible to all. They want to bring them into the Bunnahabhain world no matter where they are and create our own community around the festival experience. A community of like-minded individuals, lovers of whisky, those who love to debate, discuss and savour their whiskies. The idea for this release was inspired by the visitors who make the pilgrimage across the globe, to come to their distillery for Feis Ile. We invite them into the iconic Warehouse 9, to taste drams directly from casks. Bunnahabhain wanted to open this up to more people around the world. Sharing drams from Bunnahabhain that represent our distillery’s character. Not everyone has the opportunity to make the pilgrimage to Islay. But the Bunnahabhain Feis Ile release allows them to open up their offerings & experiences to more people.
Bunnahabhain 1998 Calvados Cask Finish, this special edition that was created exclusively for Fèis Ìle 2022. Bursting with character, it slumbered peacefully for two decades on our shores before spending the last two years of its life in casks which once held the finest French Calvados. This Gallic influence has imbued every golden drop with sublime sweetness; flavours of apples and pears tumbling gently with toffee and oily fruitiness and leading to a strong and spicy finish of apples. Followed by a burst of dates and a floral top note like conifer trees.
Tasting Notes
Nose: Barley sugar, pear drops, toffee
Taste: Sweet and fruity, lots of green apple and pear candies. Some signature cereal, oily notes of Bunnahabhain and more toffee mixed with dried fruits.
Finish: Spicy powerful then floral on the palate.
Product Details
Distilled: 28th October 1998 − Finished: 11th November 2019 in Calvados Brandy Casks − Aged: 23 Years Old. ABV – 49.7% Non-Chill Filtered Natural Colour.
