Bunnahabhain 1997 12 Year Old Lafite Murray McDavid

Bunnahabhain Dram An Stiureadair - Feis Ile 2014

So, I haven't really done too many Bunnahabhain's in the past but I must admit that as an Islay whisky fan.. a festival release from this distillery does feature in the 'must buy' list for me. This 10 year old expression has been matured for 9 years in a Bourbon cask and one year in a Marsala Wine Cask before being bottled at 56.7%. Nose: The...

Score 88/100

Bunnahabhain 27 Year Old 1988 A.D. Rattray

This Bunnahabhain is a brand new bottling from A.D. Rattray, bottled on 5 May of this year. I encountered it at the Whiskyfestival for Independent Bottlers in Belgium and of May 2015. It was a sherry butt that hosted the Bunna spirit from 1988 for 27 long years. It was bottled at cask strength and as usual from this bottler at natural color. Oh,...

Score 88/100

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old

Color is a deep amber, but this is the natural color. Very long, thin legs. The nose is rich in toffee and raisons and baked fruits, maybe apples and pears straight out the oven, but just a little of the brown sugar or nutmeg one might expect in this aroma. And just a touch of that rubbery old Islay malt and medicinal character. The palate is...

Score 86/100

Bunnahabhain 16 Year Old 1997 Chester

The Feis Ile has only just ended, so might as well try a few Islay drams. I will put two Bunna H2H, both bottled by Chester. The first is this 16 Year Old Bunnahabhain on refill sherry hogshead, the second a 22 Year Old on bourbon. Let us get to it! On the nose… oh, boy, this is sauerkraut in the extreme! Smoked sausage and bacon on the BBQ,...

Score 79/100