Bunnahabhain 24 Year Old 1988 cask 4111 Berry Bros. & Rudd

Bunnahabhain 1987 - 26YO Berry Bros.

Picked this up at Manchester Whisky Festival last week. Berry Brothers always seem to steal the show there... Nose: Butter and Toffee intially followed by a spicy, Cinnamony Apple flavour. Creamy, coffee, almost hickory-like notes. And then onto liquorice hints. Powerful spices but restrained by creaminess. And now Maple Syrup. This is so complex...

Score 95/100

Bunnahabhain 13 Year Old 2009 The Magnificent Five

The Magnificent Five, whisky lovers from West Flanders, came up with this sherry matured Bunnahabhain from 2009. After 13 years on a sherry hogshead, that yielded 178 bottles at 55%. I used to find the combo sherry and peat very difficult. But practice makes perfect. Nowadays I even find sherry and peat something to look forward to or even...

Score 88/100

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 14 Year Old 2002 Claxton's

Claxton's, with those typical perfume bottles, has released some beauties in 2017, but I will be trying a bottle that they released last year: a 14 years old Bunna from 2002 that matured on a bourbon hogshead. The nose is rather dry, if you know what I mean. Loads of grain and mild peat dominate. Some play-doh, all the way in the back. Fresh bread...

Score 82/100