Bunnahabhain 1980 22 Year Old

Bunnahabhain Darach Ur Batch 1

"Darach Ur", means new oak. This bottling from Bunnahabhain is aged in fresh - unused - American oak casks. I picked up a litre bottle from Duty Free, which was its original outlet point only. Nose: The peat comes across as a smokey, damp peat - fungi and wet woods. The oak comes through with a fruity coca-cola thing going on, and...

Score 62/100

Bunnahabhain Cruach-Mhona

Cruach-Mhòna (speak "Croo-ach Vhona") is gaelic for peat stack. Normally Bunnahabhain stands for unpeated or low-peated whisky which is kind of unique for Islay. This one is special peated release for the travel retail and comes in the 1 litre-bottle. It is unchillfiltered and uncoloured. The colour is bright golden. On the nose you...

Score 84/100

Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old

I'm gearing up for _Sober September_ starting on Tuesday, September 3, ergo I'm trying to get through some samples this weekend. This review is of a 2012 bottling of Bunnahabhain's 18 Year Old. I'm assuming the abv is/was 46.3% though I may be wrong here. The sample was graciously provided by @fiddich1980 **Tasting Notes** * Nose (undiluted):...

Score 87/100

Bunnahabhain 10 Year Old 2007 Blackadder Raw Cask

This young Bunnahabhain from 2007 was bottled by Robin Tuced and his Blackadder team in their famous Raw Cask series. It matured on a hogshead before being finish in a sherry cask. The ABV suggests that the spirit was not cut to the industry standard op 63.5% before being put in cask. At first, I get butterscotch on the nose. Think Werther’s...

Score 87/100