Bunnahabhain 12 years old Genuport Import (D) - b. 1980s - 75cl

Bunnahabhain aged 12 years old very rare Original bottling from the early 80ies - an extremely rare bottling for genuport Germany I am sure - this bottle is not in your collection - because I saw this bottle once in 20 years 43% 70cl in beautiful round tube of the 1980ies distilled in the early 70ies !! A real delicate dram - this is really good and excellent sipping whisky - try one drink and you cannot stop drinking - 90 points at whiskyfun.com Our whiskyfriend Serge Valentin already tasted this old 75cl 43% version - here are his notes ( thank you Serge ) Bunnahabhain 12 yo (43%, OB, 75cl, mid/end 1970’s) Colour: pale gold. Nose: not too different at first nosing, but getting then much maltier, chocolaty and caramelly. Something waxy and resinous developing after a few minutes, as well as hot metal (yes, copper), and then some much bolder maritime notes, such as seaweed, iodine… A little camphor as well, and finally whiffs of sherry, cooked strawberries… Hold on, it really takes off after a good fifteen minutes, getting much fruitier and more complex, with some tropical fruits, mastic, coconut milk, pineapple… Not too demonstrative, still, but extremely enjoyable. Much less MOTR than the current version, that’s for sure. Mouth: oh yes, now we’re on a different planet. Lots of body (and probably a very positive old bottle effect here), a superb waxiness and bunches of fruits: very ripe apples, dried figs, oranges, guavas, ripe bananas… Some peat in the background (or is it my imagination?), smoked tea, candied chestnuts, fresh walnuts, a little rancio (love that)… And it keeps developing on rosewater, oriental pastries, grilled argan oil (rare but stunning – try that if you can put your hands on some), nougat, marzipan, frangipane… Notes of very old Cognac. Excellent, even if it’s slightly weak towards the finish (maybe there isn’t enough alcohol), otherwise it would have fetched even more than 90 points. And I will spare you a rant on ‘the old days’. That was not the point. You buy this bottle from Kupsch-Whisky in Duisburg Germany established on 02. May 1990 by Peter Kupsch 36 years of Whisky-Passion Every bottle we sell is tested and from a reliable source. We do not charge unreasonably high postage, but rather actual costs I offer a shipping discount - win several of my auctions - only pay postage once And we offer : pick up your bottle - without any shipping cost - after the auction from our retailshop in 47058 Duisburg - Germany

Estimate:$279.9

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