Bunnahabhain 10 Year Old 2001 The Coopers Choice

Bunnahabhain 35 Year Old 1976 The Whisky Mercenary

I first tried this at the Spirits in the Sky festival in Leuven (B), when Jürgen offered me a sample. It was great. So I was very happy that the Whisky Mercenary decided to send me sample of all of his bottlings, this one included, to try again in the serenity of my whisky basement. Oh, my, this nose is out of this World! Creamy like famer butter...

Score 92/100

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old

All this distilleries offerings seem to come in squat bottles with very narrow necks which pore very poorly. I hate bad design so this irks me every time, before I even come to taste the whisky. This malt opens up expressively with soft sweet peaty aromas, some vanilla, apples and some nuttiness too. Medium bodied and the mouth feel is good,...

Score 83/100

Bunnahabhain 43 Year Old 1967 Malts of Scotland

To finish this line-up of Bunnahabhain in beauty, I will try a 43 Year Old. It was distilled on 27th March 1967 and bottled in June 2010. I always find it a bit magical to taste whisky that was produced before I was born. After 43 long years this whisky was bottled at cask strength, albeit a modest 41,1%) by the German Malts of Scotland. This is a...

Score 91/100

Bunnahabhain Cruach-Mhona

Bunnahabhain is a gem of a distillery. After enjoying their core range for several years, I thought I had them pegged. Then I tried an IB, and my understanding of their house style went out the window. Likewise with the Cruach-Mhona. I've got the 6th batch of the Cruach here with me and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. But it isn’t the Bunna we know,...

Score 88/100