1987 Bunnahabhain 28 Year Old "Hunter Laing Old & Rare" Single Barrel Cask Strength Single Malt Scotch Whisky

While peated whisky fans will fawn over the 35-year-old Caol Ila we're releasing in tandem here, the Bunnahabhain 28 year is the whisky for those who love nuance and restraint. There's no heavy smoke to be inhaled in this jewel of a single malt. There's little smoke, whatsoever, actually. This ancient Islay whisky has everything we love about the standard Bunnahabhain 18, just with an additional ten years in wood and a drinkable cask strength proof of 49.1%. There's that earthy, resinous stonefruit on the palate that we love so much; a creamy and supple texture that haunts your senses. The salted caramel comes in later, washing over the back of the mouth like a wave off the coast of the sea nearby the distillery. Considering the standard edition Bunnahabhain 25 was released earlier this year for a whopping $1,000 per bottle, our Direct Import program comes out looking great with this release. For $800 less you get three additional years and an unfiltered, undiluted purity. Fans of Islay whisky will be thrilled with the complexity and the value. Fans of whisky in general should consider grabbing more than one of these. Unfortunately, however, the older the cask, the more the evaporation. There's less than 200 total bottles of this beauty. We recommend grabbing one quickly. (David Driscoll, K&L Spirits buyer)