Bunnahabhain 1964 25 Year Old Signatory

Bunnahabhain 1966 Malts of Scotland 'Angel's Choice'

The Angel’s Choice series by Malts of Scotland contains very old whisky, bottled in 350ml bottles. To keep them affordable (well, sorta…). This Bunna from 1966 was bottled in 2011. Just 88 half bottles, which says something about the rarity. It is approximately 45 years old, so I am expecting a fruit bomb. Yup, right on the nose (pun intended). No...

Score 89/100

Bunnahabhain Darach Ur Batch 1

This Bunna, for the travel retail segment, matured on new American oak. It is surprisingly dark. That new American oak offers quite some sweetness on the nose, in the guise of vanilla, baked apples, overripe banana and farmer’s butter. Sweeter than expected, I must say. There is also quite a bit of ginger and hints of oak – all of it within...

Score 81/100

Bunnahabhain 43 Year Old 1967 Malts of Scotland

To finish this line-up of Bunnahabhain in beauty, I will try a 43 Year Old. It was distilled on 27th March 1967 and bottled in June 2010. I always find it a bit magical to taste whisky that was produced before I was born. After 43 long years this whisky was bottled at cask strength, albeit a modest 41,1%) by the German Malts of Scotland. This is a...

Score 91/100

Bunnahabhain 11 Year Old 2004 Rubha a’ Mhail

Bunna keeps releases malts with impossible names… Rubha a’ Mhail should be pronounced ‘roo-a-val’ and is the name of one of the lighthouses close to Bunnahabhain, some 6 kilometers to the north on the northern coast of the island, lit for the first time in 1859. I digress. The bottle was one of the two released by the distillery for Feis Ile 2015...

Score 86/100