Bunnahabhain 1989 Gordon & Macphail

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old

­This whisky seems to have some mixed reviews on Connosr, so it was with some trepidation that I forked out my cash for a bottle. However, this is the new version from Burn Stewart, who have made all their whiskies 46.3% unchillfiltered, which sounds like a good thing to me. Nose – Firstly some sugared almonds and sherry character, icing sugar,...

Score 89/100

Bunnahabhain 8 Year Old The Macphail's Collection

A Bunna for less than 35 EUR? You will have to look for the Macphail’s Collection then, a label of Gordon & Macphail that offers 8 Year Old single malts at a very friendly price. On this label ‘Heavily Peated’ is mentioned. Will this be a peat monster? Let us see. Oh, yeah, this is a dirty Bunna on the nose! Wet earth, a bit of manure, mocha,...

Score 84/100

Bunnahabhain 21 Year Old 1990 John McDougall Golden Cask

At the whisky festival for Independent Bottlers in Belgium, I found some bottles under the label Golden Cask. One of the gems I tasted was this Bunna 1990 on sherry cask. With a lot of gusto I got me a sample to try today, six months later. It was distilled on 24 December 1990 and bottled on 5 April 2012. Delicious nose on sherry with loads of...

Score 90/100

Bunnahabhain 2010, 12 y.o., Single Cask, peated Sherry

Another of Andy's bottles, this is a peated Bunnahabhain which Andy calls "sherry-enhanced". At 54.4% it makes a statement! The heady aroma is really something - warm, old leather, very earthy and a bit medicinal. You can just taste the open fire. It's perhaps a touch phenolic, but captivating and it stays with you for a long and...

Score 90/100