Bunnahabhain 1997 14 Year Old Peated Cask #5530-5531 Signatory Un-Chillfiltered Collection

Bunnahabhain Eirigh Na Greine

This is the first wine-cask finished Bunnahabhain I've encountered. It does not specify which wines are used - only that they are French and Italian Reds. Nose: Toffee with sharp red fruits. Grapefruit and citrus(!??!). Quite salty. Obviously a young whisky as it still has that slight 'rubbery' edge to it. Palate: Mainly salty toffee. Marshmallow....

Score 82/100

Bunnahabhain G&M MachPhail's Collection 1990

Recently a friend of mine, his father-in-law and I had a tasting session. We actually went through 13 drams in one sitting. A long but very good night! The whiskies we went through in order were Bushmills Black Bush, Macphail's Collection Bunnahabhain 1990 (bottled in 2006), Bruichladdich 10 year old (bottled in 1979), Ardbeg Blasda, Port Ellen 25...

Score 76/100

Bunnahabhain 2010, 12 y.o., Single Cask, peated Sherry

Another of Andy's bottles, this is a peated Bunnahabhain which Andy calls "sherry-enhanced". At 54.4% it makes a statement! The heady aroma is really something - warm, old leather, very earthy and a bit medicinal. You can just taste the open fire. It's perhaps a touch phenolic, but captivating and it stays with you for a long and...

Score 90/100

Bunnahabhain Toiteach

First and fore most, I must say, I'm a big Bunnahabhain fan. That being said, I already know I'm going to like this dram. The bottle has been opened for about six weeks and I poured half a teaspoon of water. Nose: Sweet peat, bananas, lemons, smoke, vanilla, oak. Palate: Sweet peat arrives first. Then, Rushing through comes vanilla custard along...

Score 89/100