Bunnahabhain 29 Year Old 1990 Moon Import Lawless Single Cask #9115 Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2019) 70cl *ITALIAN IMPORT*

Bunnahabhain 29 Year Old 1990 Moon Import Lawless Single Cask #9115 Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2019) 70cl *ITALIAN IMPORT*

1 of 219 bottles produced

A 29 Year Old Bunna that is spoken about fondly by those who have managed to sample it.

Moon Import enjoys a legendary reputation as one of Italy’s finest independent bottlers and there’s an incredibly rich story to be told when it comes to their significance as early pioneers for the independent bottler category. Moon Import was established by Pepi Mongiardino in the town of Genoa in 1980. His introduction to whisky came in the 1970s while working for Spirit, at the time the Italian distributor for Hiram Walker brands such as Ardbeg, Ballantine’s and Miltonduff.

Italy's Affinity for Single Malt Scotch

Italy’s affection for single malt emerged in the 1960s when trailblazers such as Armando Giovinetti, the official agent in Italy for Glen Grant, and Edorado Giaccone, owner of the whiskyteca in Salò, began to turn away from the national palate of the previous generation and share their enthusiasm for single malt Scotch. It flourished in the 1980s with Silvano Samaroli, Pepi Mongiardino, Ernesto Mainardi and Nadi Fiori becoming some of the most important pioneers in the history of Scotch whisky.

About Bunnahabhain

The Bunnahabhain distillery is located in the northeast of the island of Islay on the water that separates the islands of Islay and Jura. The distillery is the most northerly located on the island and has a beautiful view of the "Paps of Jura". Bunnahabhain comes from the Gaelic and means "Mouth of the river". The distillery was built at the mouth of the Margadele River. The first new spirit left the distillery in the year 1882. Little has changed or modernized the distillery to this day. Only the malting floors have been removed and in 1963 two stills were added. In the stillhouse there are two wash stills and two spirit stills. They are relatively small stills and they are heated with steam. The six washbacks are made of Oregon pine. No specific wood is used for maturing the malts at Bunnahabhain, to prevent it from influencing the character of the malt too much. A mix of bourbon, sherry and refill casks is used. Like all other distilleries on Islay, Bunnahabhain also obtains its malt from the Port Ellen malthouse. The big difference with the other distilleries on Islay is that Bunnahabhain does not dry the malt with peat but with warm air. As a result, this Islay malt has no smoke or peat flavour. The water to make the malt comes from a water source on Margadale Hill. The water from this source is pumped up from a great depth and led to the distillery via a pipeline. This is to prevent the water from coming into contact with peat.

45% ABV

70cl