Bunnahabhain 1978 31 Year Old Cask #2586 Signatory

Bunnahabhain 42 Year Old 1968 Whisky-Fässle

This is the oldest Bunna I have tried so far: no less than 42 years. It was distilled in 1968 and released as a joint bottling by the German Whisky Whisky-Fässle and the Dutch Whiskybase. Ah, what a divine nose! A veritable fruit basket with apples, pears, banana, mango, pineapple and apricots. The whole is drenched in honey and very waxy. Light...

Score 93/100

Bunnahabhain 14 Year Old 2002 Claxton's

Claxton's, with those typical perfume bottles, has released some beauties in 2017, but I will be trying a bottle that they released last year: a 14 years old Bunna from 2002 that matured on a bourbon hogshead. The nose is rather dry, if you know what I mean. Loads of grain and mild peat dominate. Some play-doh, all the way in the back. Fresh bread...

Score 82/100

Bunnahabhain 1997 'A Peaty Punch!' Wemyss

This whisky is around 16 years of age and clearly matured on a bourbon cask (if you judge by the color). Since the Wemyss team dubbed this one ‘A Peaty Punch!’ (including the exclamation point), I presume the peat will be quite prevalent. Let us get to work! Indeed, the nose is quite peaty. Rather sweet and sour then truly smoky, but it does offer...

Score 85/100

Bunnahabhain SMWS 10.165 Sea, sand and soot 11 Years Aged

I picked up this SMWS when I went to the Victoria Film Festival in February 2020, at The Strath (where I also picked up a Shelter Point that I reviewed about a week ago). This was distilled Oct 6 2006 and matured for 11 years in a refill barrel/ex-bourbon, yielding 181 bottles. The colour is a pale gold. On the nose there is a light peating with...

Score 90/100