Bunnahabhain 23 Year Old 1989 cask 5756 Berry Bros. & Rudd

Bunnahabhain Signatory Vintage '97 13 yr old

Distilled 11/12/97 Bottled 13/12/10 Upon adding water this went very cloudy. I know this can happen with NCF cask strength but this is the best example of it that I have seen. Aged in two hogsheads for 13 years before being bottled. A release of 588 bottles of cask strength, this is 248 and has been open for well over 18 months. Nose. Smokey,...

Score 89/100

Bunnahabhain 11 Year Old Discovery

In their Discovery range Gordon & Macphail offer approachable entry level malts and today I’ll put two of those to the test, both for the Islay distillery of Bunnahabhain. Both are quite young, but one matured on a bourbon cask, while the other slept on a sherry cask. I’ll finish with the 11 years old on sherry. Sweet notes of dried and...

Score 85/100

Bunnahabhain 1989 'Maritime Embrace' Wemyss

If the tasting panel of Wemyss, led by Charles McClean, comes up with a title like 'Martime Embrace', you can rest assured it will be a warm malt with loads of coastal elements, right? This Bunna is very pale. The nose immediately indicates this is going to a fresh one. Sea air, oyster sap and fresh mint precede some white fruit and lemons....

Score 83/100

Bn1 Elements of Islay

This is the first Bunnahabhain in the Elements of Islay series. It’s a peated version from an otherwise unpeated Islay distillery. Nose: peated, no doubt. Rather deep smoke with a hint of rubber. Very sweet too: big notes of honey and quite some vanilla, which make this a nicely warm and rounded nose. Sweet apples. Citrus candy. Almonds. Soft...

Score 85/100