A.D. Rattray Bunnahabhain 2009 12 Year Old 66.7% ABV

A.D. Rattray Bunnahabhain 2009 12 Year Old is a single cask Islay single malt Scotch whisky from the bottler's Cask Collection. Distilled at Bunnahabhain on 2 March 2009, it spent twelve years in a first-fill sherry butt of Spanish oak (cask 900037) before being bottled on 23 September 2021, giving 555 bottles at a powerful natural cask strength of 66.7% ABV, un-chill filtered and with natural colour. A.D. Rattray notes how the dried fruit and spice from the sherry cask work alongside the nutty character of the spirit. Colour: red walnut. 700ml.

Tasting Notes: Dried fruit, spice and nuttiness.

Nose: Salted toffee, fruit cake, cashew, leather and orange peel.

Palate: Dark chocolate, cranberry, ginger and hazelnut.

Finish: Warm baking spice wrapped in raisin and rich oak.

Serve: Neat, then with water - at this strength a few drops open it up.