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Bunnahabhain 40 Year Old

Scotch Single Malt Islay
Age
40 years
ABV
41.9%
Introduced
2024
Flavour Fingerprint
Malt Light Fruit Citrus Floral Herbal Spice Sweet Dark Fruit Nutty Earth Maritime Smoke / Peat

The shape of Bunnahabhain 40 Year Old

This bottle's own signature across the twelve-axis Spirit Map — not the distillery average, but this exact expression.

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Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.

Tasting

How it drinks

Sight
Deep antique gold, natural colour, non-chill filtered. Four decades of slow maturation
Nose
Tropical fruits, banana, berries, creamy toffee, vanilla, rich nuttiness, delicate sweet oak
Palate
Sweet malt, creamy caramel, vanilla, creamy berries. Toasted nuts, tropical fruit, banana, pineapple. Extraordinarily smooth
Finish
Long, sweet, and fruity. Lingering tropical notes with creamy vanilla and gentle oak. Remarkable elegance and poise

Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.

Maturation

The wood it came through

  • Ex-Oloroso sherry casks
  • four decades coastal warehouse maturation

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