• Nose: 23 Palate: 24 Finish: 24 Balance: 24 Total: 95
  • Nose: Peaches and toasted hazelnuts
  • Palate: Butterscotch
  • Finish: Long - Butterscotch, peaches and shortbread
  • Type: Single Malt
  • Age: 23
  • ABV: 53.3%
  • Distiller: Bunnahabhain (Distell)
  • Where made: Bunnahabhain, Isle of Islay SCOTLAND
  • Region: Islay
  • Approximate Price: $500
  • Value: POOR

Tasted at Saratoga Whiskey Club Tasting # 159: Fake Feis Ile 2024. This 23-year-old whisky was distilled in 1999; and it is composed of a marriage of finishes in three different types of sherry casks. The first was matured for 10 years in ex-bourbon barrels, then moved to Amontillado casks in November 2009, and further matured for 13 years until 2023. The second was initially matured for 12 years in ex-bourbon barrels, then transferred Oloroso casks in June 2011, and further matured for 11 years. The third was initially matured for 17 years in ex-bourbon, and then transferred in September 2016 to Manzanilla casks, and further matured for 6 years. There were 4002 bottles in the outturn.