Bunnahabhain 23 Year Triple Sherry Wood Finish (2024 Fèis Ile Edition)

Bunnahabhain offered several expressions for Feis Ile 2024, including this intriguing Triple Sherry Wood Finish. This 23-year-old dram, bottled at 53.3% ABV, is one of only 4002 bottles. The nose is perfect, with notes of roasted coffee beans, hot cocoa, humid wood, and oranges. The palate is a blend of cherries and chocolate, with an 'ice creamy' texture and magnificent chocolate and orange flavors. The aftertaste is pleasant but could be improved, offering a dry sherry red fruit finish and hot syrup. Overall, it's a very elegant and enjoyable dram, though it feels quite expensive compared to other expressions from the same festival. My rating is 95 out of 100.

Awesome notes of nuts, salty caramel, spice, and blackberry. Nose: Raspberry, Salty Caramel, Golden Syrup, Raisins, Cinnamon, Almonds, Blackberry, Dates, Figs Palate/Finish: Raisins, Salty Butterscotch, Kettle Corn, Maple Syrup, Walnuts, Cherry Cola, Blackberry, Leather, Nutmeg, Figs, Date Syrup, Almond Pastries

I must admit, it's not the sherry bomb I anticipated, which I found disappointing given the price point. On its own, it's a good dram, but Bunna offers many superior sherry expressions in my view.