Bunnahabhain 2001 10 Year Old Sherry Butt #1766 Signatory Cask Strength Collection

Bunnahabhain Toiteach

I didn't have a lot of Bunnahabhain but I usually have a vegetable note that I don't like, something like boiled cabbage. But not with this one. Toiteach means smoky, so its name is a program in itself. Is it up to it? Lets see. The reviewed bottle has been opened for close to two months and is 80% full. The nose offers smoke, citrus, hay,...

Score 85/100

Bunnahabhain G&M Collection 2005

Found this Independent bottling in a real store with humans, I read some good things about it and it was very affordable. 9 yo peated and uncolored Bunnahabhain for just €34,- seemed like a good deal so I took it to enhance the after dinner holiday experience. Nose: without water it remains a little closed with roasted nuts, vanilla, bitter oak,...

Score 86/100

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old

This has a 'take it or leave it' kind of flavour profile. It's not a Laphroaig, an Ardbeg, a Lagavulin, etc. It's flavour profile might be closest to a Bowmore bottling, if one must make a comparison. However the people at Bunnahabhain seem to have gone through considerable effort to make something distinctive. If I were to describe it...

Score 84/100

Bunnahabhain 10 Year Old 2007 Feis Ile 2018

For Feis Ile 2018 Bunnahabhain released two different bottles: a 10 years old on oloroso and a 15 years old on Spanish oak. I was able to get my hands on a bottle of the former, the 10 Year Old Moine, and poured it during my Feis Ile Masterclass in Ghent. It ended up in the top three. Only 1881 bottles were released, a nod to the foundation year...

Score 85/100