Bunnahabhain 1990 21 Year Old Cask #18 Sherry Berry Bros & Rudd

Bunnahabhain 1992 Malts of Scotland

This Bunnahabhain (say ‘boona-havn’) matured on a sherry butt for 17 long years, being distilled on the 25th of May 1992 and bottled in april 2010. On the nose you’ll find the sweet touches of sherry and dark berries and some cassis syrup. But there is also Earl Grey tea leaves, albeit wrapped up in some smoked bacon that has been lying on some...

Score 83/100

Bunnahabhain 1997 Whisky Exchange independent bottling

A trip to the 'whisky exchange' shop in London's Borough Market is a unique experience. In addition to the 1500 bottles on display and the friendly and knowledgeable staff is the casks. At any one time they have 4 or 5 unique casks chosen from various distilleries. It's normal to find a grain, islay, highland, speyside and maybe a rum or brandy....

Score 90/100

Bunnahabhain 23 yo 1989 , [Abbey Whisky] Rare Casks

Nose: Gentle sea spray and brine. Malty notes in addition to a bit of sweet citrus as in lemon curd Further exploration will reveal some hints of sweet marshmallow. Palate: Boom! Here comes the peat and smoke storm. Very nice and totally unexpected after the rather peat-shy nose. Pepper. Some sweet fruity notes too. Apple and then soot and going...

Score 86/100

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