Bunnahabhain 1975 36 Year Old Daily Dram

Bunnahabhain Young & Feisty Provenance

This Bunna comes with no age statement. There is not a lot of information to be found for this Provenance bottling. The only thing the label states is that it is a small batch edition and that it is young and feisty. So young stuff, eh? That does not have to be a bad thing. Feisty? Let us find out. It is very pale. Bull’s eye from the first whiff....

Score 84/100

Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old

Upon opening, there is a definite nose of vanilla, caramel, soft leather, and a certain "sweetness". For an Islay, there is very little of the smoke and peat one would usually expect. That is obviously what sets this whisky apart from it's well-smoked brothers. The palate is quite similar to the nose - sweetness, vanilla and caramel,...

Score 80/100

Bunnahabhain 1997 Exclusive Malts CWC

This Bunna was bottled by David Stirk's Creative Whisky Company in their Exclusive Malts Series. It cam from cask 6223, bottled in 2010 as a 12 Year Old single cask. It was distilled in 1997, the year in which the head distiller decided to create quite a bit of peated spirit (which is not the house style of Bunnahabhain). He's got a wonderful...

Score 86/100

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