Bunnahabhain 1997 13 Year Old Heavily Peated Signatory Cask Strength Collection

Bunnahabhain Durach Ur (Batch 6)

The title apparently means new oak in Gaelic and the bottle proudly boasts its non-chill-filtered credentials and natural colour, which I would describe as golden amber incidentally. This was a slightly hesitant airport purchase, but one I’ve not regretted. An intriguing nose, apricots and toasted almonds, a touch of spice and cream. On other...

Score 90/100

Bunnahabhain 11 Year Old (Adelphi)

Many whiskylovers, myself included, have a hard time pronouncing the Gaelic name of this dram. However, once you've heard it spoken properly, it's not that hard. Bunnahabhain is pronounced 'Boon-a-havn'. It means 'mouth of the river'. The distillery lies on the northern shores of Islay at a place that is called 'Sound of Islay', far north from...

Score 81/100

Bunnahabhain 22 Year Old 1991 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 was a 16 Year Old Bunnahabhain on refill sherry hogshead, this one is a 22 Year Old on bourbon. Let us get to it! Surprising nose. Not many maritime elements, although they linger on the horizon, but mostly graeffe...

Score 84/100

Bunnahabhain 6 Year Old 2007 Malts of Scotland

This is a very young Bunna, only 6 years old. It was bottled by the German Malts of Scotland for the 11th Whisky Live festival in Spa in February 2014, where it was sold for 60 EUR. It matured on a bourbon barrel and was bottled, as MoS is prone to do, at cask strength. Very sweet nose on vanilla, honey and pear drops. The oak is also present from...

Score 83/100