Bunnahabhain 1989 23 Year Old Cask #5700 Berry Bros & Rudd

Bunnahabhain 1989 'Maritime Embrace' Wemyss

If the tasting panel of Wemyss, led by Charles McClean, comes up with a title like 'Martime Embrace', you can rest assured it will be a warm malt with loads of coastal elements, right? This Bunna is very pale. The nose immediately indicates this is going to a fresh one. Sea air, oyster sap and fresh mint precede some white fruit and lemons....

Score 83/100

Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old

Nose, Taste, Finish and Balance are graded out of 2.5 each: Nose: A beautifully soft, almost bourbon quality to the nose. It seems like an illicit lovechild between Kentucky and Islay, with the best of both genes coming through. On one side we have the deep liquorice, melted brown sugar and sweet leather, and on the other we have delicate seaweed,...

Score 85/100

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old

Recently the wonderful people at Bunnahabain have changed their bottling of the standard 12yo. The bottle has changed from a green to a dark brown, the ABV % was bummed up from 40% to 46.3%, and they have changed to a non-chill filtration format. Now I will start this by saying that I don't think that I have ever had the original dram, save one...

Score 84/100

Bunnahabhain 14 Year Old 2000 Malts of Scotland

The youngest Bunna release from the German Malts of Scotland was taken from a sherry butt. Judging by the color, it was quite an active cask. Because it is so young – only 14 years old – the cask yielded no less than 655 bottles, that will each come with a price tag of 90 EUR. Dark and sweet on the nose on bitter chocolate, raisins and plums. It...

Score 82/100