Bunnahabhain 1966 40 Year Old Duncan Taylor

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old

Not your typical Islay malt, but a really nice dram all the same. Initial nose has butter, smoke and sweet nuttiness. Also a bit of burning wood. Adding water releases some hay aromas. On the palate, I'm reminded of honey on toast. With some burnt cereal and a touch of tobacco. With water, the flavours become more floral, with grassy hints and...

Score 85/100

Bunnahabhain SMWS 10.165 Sea, sand and soot 11 Years Aged

I picked up this SMWS when I went to the Victoria Film Festival in February 2020, at The Strath (where I also picked up a Shelter Point that I reviewed about a week ago). This was distilled Oct 6 2006 and matured for 11 years in a refill barrel/ex-bourbon, yielding 181 bottles. The colour is a pale gold. On the nose there is a light peating with...

Score 90/100

Bunnahabhain Lombard Jewels of Scotland 25YO

I am sure that I am not alone in finding that I have more than a few "special occasion" whiskies in my war chest. I have decided that on my birthday, I shall open a bottle. Why not start with the first special occasion bottle I purchased? This Bunnahabhain is one of the independent bottler Lombard's Jewels of Scotland series. Distilled...

Score 85/100

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old

This has a 'take it or leave it' kind of flavour profile. It's not a Laphroaig, an Ardbeg, a Lagavulin, etc. It's flavour profile might be closest to a Bowmore bottling, if one must make a comparison. However the people at Bunnahabhain seem to have gone through considerable effort to make something distinctive. If I were to describe it...

Score 84/100