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Очень странно. Очень приличный молт, признанный многими.
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Bunnahabhain 18 yo (43%, OB, +/- 2009) I always liked the 18, it’s nicely balanced and a good high-end all-rounder. Let’s check this newer batch. Colour: dark gold. Nose: starts on caramel, honey and a mild spiciness, developing mostly on orange blossom water, pastries, croissant au beurre and a faint Irishness (ripe bananas). Also faintly vinous (some sherry?) An elegant nose. Cinnamon. Mouth: maltier attack, notes of cornflakes, maple syrup (no breakfast malt though), honey, dried figs, tea… It’s rather big at 43%, and very good. Finish: long, honeyed, with some pepper in the aftertaste. Comments: just as good and perfectly balanced as I recalled. I don’t quite understand why some punters sometimes overlook this very nice – granted, in my view - 18. SGP:541 - 88 points.
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Bunnahabhain 18 yo ‘XVIII’ (43%, OB, 2005, 1500 bottles)
Colour: full gold. Nose: it doesn’t start too vigorously but most elegantly, somehow in the 12 yo ’s way but this one is much more aromatic, with quite some caramel and honey, pollen (all-flowers) and whiffs of smoke. We have heavy notes of baklavas after a few minutes and it gets even smokier (which is quite unusual) – hookah? We have then certain freshness and notes of flowers that make it resemble a (very good) Highland Park. And we have lots of dried fruits, at that, like figs, bananas, dates, honey and hazelnut cake. Again an excellent surprise, as far as I’m concerned. Mouth: oh, a beautiful attack (although it might have been even more full bodied with 2 or 3 more ‘percents’). Creamy, both fruity and malty, with a rather nice bitterness that keeps the whole together and prevents it from getting too weak. Lots of tea, honey again (oriental pastries – right, it’s an obsession), crystallized quince, dried figs again. Something grainy (batter for pancakes), malty, tea-ish…
Granted, the palate is not as explosive as the nose (closer to the 12 yo in fact) but it’s still very enjoyable, despite the fact that it’s getting a little too weak now (not exactly watery but…). The finish is medium-long, on cake and with something slightly metallic… It’s really too bad, this one would have made it to 90 points, had the palate been a little more ‘lively’. 88 points.