Cruach Mhóna is gaelic for a pile of drying peat bricks and follows on from Toiteach (gaelic for smoky) as a peaty offering from Bunnahabhain. Although Islay is famed for its peat, Bunnahabhain's spirit is unpeated (this being an exception that proves the rule). (1 Litre)
Tasting Notes
NOSEPeat and vanilla, creosote, dried herbs, harbour rope, sweet biscuits and orchard fruit.
PALATE
Sweet and smoky, lemon, salt and pepper. Beneath there's oak and malt and hints of sand dune.
FINISH
More sweet smoke and citrus.