Bunnahabhain 1978/2011 Murray McDavid Mission C.S. 52.3% vol. Sample 0.05l

Murray McDavid was founded in 1997, specializing in the bottling of a wide range of single malts in short runs.
The bottlings are without exception of a captivating quality, which is not least due to the fact that Murray McDavid such greats as Jim McEwan (Master Distiller Bruichladdich), Mark Reynier, Simon Coughlin and Gordon Wright (a member of the Springbank clan) together to have!
Awarded several times by various whiskey industry institutions, Murray McDavid stands for exclusivity and the highest quality.

Murray McDavid offers his whiskeys exclusively without dyes and without cold filtration.
The malts are in ideal drinking strength with 46% vol. bottled (only exceptions are bottlings in barrel size).
For the mission series, barrels are selected from distilleries that, on the one hand, are older than Murray McDavid's "usual" bottlings and, on the other hand, meet or even exceed quality standards.

Tasting sample 50ml
(the small bottle in the photo)

Bunnahabhain 1978 - Sherry / Port Casks
Not all the distilleries on Islay burn a malt that has been so badly made that a spoon gets stuck in it.
The Bunnahabhain is the lightest malt Islay has to offer.
Although he is almost untethened, he has a slight salt trace in the midst of a gentle honey tone.
It has a light aroma of fresh sea air, in taste it is exceptionally soft for an Islay malt with a gentle peatiness.
Bunnahabhain was built in 1880/1881 and provides one of the basic malts for the blends of Cutty Sark.