Bunnahabhain 1997 15 Year Old Signatory Cask Strength Collection

Bunnahabhain 36 Year Old 1975 The Nectar

The boys of The Nectar shared this Fino Sherry cask with La Maison du Whisky, the famous French retailer. This is a very soft nose with hardly any peat at all. I get brown toast, plastered with farm butter, covered with banana slices with some brown sugar on top. Adding some water does not hurt this nose at all. It is very soft and silky, lightly...

Score 90/100

Bunnahabhain 38 Year Old 1973 Wilson & Morgan

I have tasted quite a few beauties from the Italian bottler Wilson & Morgan. Remember the fantastic Port Ellen 1982 or the great Caol Ila 1983? Two Bunna were also quite nice, especially the 1991. So am very much looking forward to trying this 38 Year Old, matured on a sherry cask with the magical number #1. It was put to sleep in 1973 and...

Score 91/100

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old

The Bunna 12 is the flagship of this (somewhat decrepit looking) most northerly Islay distillery. It was poured during my visit last September. It is bottled at 46.3% for a few years now, making chill filtration unnecessary. The Bunnahabhain 12 is unpeated. This recent bottling is surprisingly dark. Some orange juice upholstered with bread dough,...

Score 84/100

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old

NOSE: the first note I get from this whisky is the one of dry white wine (Pino Grigio). Then it becomes slightly sea-coastal and mineral with just a hint of peat. After a while all of this is heavily masked by very dominant, creamy sherry-related notes, chocolate, and spices. So much so that you can easily mistaken this whisky for a very...

Score 91/100