Bunnahabhain 1987 Wemyss 'The Viceroy's Elixir' Review

Hi everyone,

Choo! Choo! Here comes the hype train!

Lots of folks reviewing this one at the moment, and even more giving it a big ol’ thumbs up so I knew to keep an eye out for it.

I’ve been a big fan of Wemyss bottlings, although I’ve only tried a few. The casks are sourced and selected by Charlie MacLean, the monocle wearing whisky encyclopaedia. And to be honest, I don’t think the prices are too bad either, even if most of the stuff is at 46%.

This dram was thanks to the kind people of Maltstock.

 

Bunnahabhain 1987 Wemyss Vicroy's Elixir 46%

Colour: Dark Amber

Body: Full

Nose: What a CASK! Beautiful Sherry, so dark and rich, fig, prune, date, raisin, thick, Christmas pudding, orange, leather, dark chocolate. Complex. Dry oak underneath. Nutty with marzipan, raspberry and black pepper.

Taste: Sweet and full, then recedes, layers and layers of sweetness and complex oak, fig and prune, dry old oak, dunnage and leather, orange, oily, building this nice black pepper. Quite a dry development.

Finish: Long length. Mouthwatering, lots of oak, dry, black pepper really comes through nicely.

A tad too dry but bloody good! The joint best Bunna I’ve tried, the other being the 45yo Port Askaig.

87/100

Distillery: Bunnahabhain

Average Score: 75.3

Distillery Ranking: 32nd

Up/Down: 35th> 32nd (Up 3)

Thanks for reading!

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Worst Score: 12

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70-74 Good

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80-84 Excellent

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