Bunnahabhain 1976 32 Year Old Fino Sherry Cask The Whisky Agency

Bunnahabhain 11 Year Old Discovery

In their Discovery range Gordon & Macphail offer approachable entry level malts and today I’ll put two of those to the test, both for the Islay distillery of Bunnahabhain. Both are quite young, but one matured on a bourbon cask, while the other slept on a sherry cask. I’ll finish with the 11 years old on sherry. Sweet notes of dried and...

Score 85/100

Bunnahabhain 20 Year Old Wilson & Morgan

While the former tasted Bunna from Wilson & Morgan was a young animal, this is a 20 year old blend (do not take this the wrong way) of two casks, number 5521 and 5522. Judging from the color of the whisky, these were sherry casks. Well, the sherry wood has had a lot more influence on the nose here. All kinds of forest scents and prunes and...

Score 86/100

Bunnahabhain 10 Year Old 2001 Sherry Wood Wilson & Morgan

The Italian bottler Wilson & Morgan already has 9 Bunnas in portfolio. This young one from 2001 was bottled at drinking strength and got a finish is sherry wood. The nose burst with sweetness: raisins, apricots, candid sugar. Underneath is some whole wheat bread, thick with farmer’s butter. This is nicely balanced by Bunna characteristics such...

Score 85/100

Bunnahabhain 40 Year Old 1972 The Golden Cask

I scored a sample of this Bunna 1972 at the Whisky festival for Independent Bottlers in Aalst, Belgium, last April. It was released under the label The Golden Cask and I am putting it head-to-head with the Bunna 1973 from The Whiskyman – a special birthday release. But first things first. The nose is sweet on mostly white fruit with a hint of...

Score 87/100