Bunnahabhain 23 Year Old 1988 Dimensions Duncan Taylor

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old

Distinctive as the only non-peated Islay malt (although Bruichladdich also has an unpeated bottling), Bunna (pronounced boon-a-havn) is located on the eastern shore of Islay, north of Caol Ila, across the Sound of Islay from the Isle of Jura. The distillery’s water is piped from a spring, which rises from dolomite rock in the mountains, and...

Score 83/100

Bunnahabhain 2010, 12 y.o., Single Cask, peated Sherry

Another of Andy's bottles, this is a peated Bunnahabhain which Andy calls "sherry-enhanced". At 54.4% it makes a statement! The heady aroma is really something - warm, old leather, very earthy and a bit medicinal. You can just taste the open fire. It's perhaps a touch phenolic, but captivating and it stays with you for a long and...

Score 90/100

Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old

I really love well made sherried malts. Unfortunately, they are becoming more and more a rare breed. The reason is pretty clear: there has been a drastic decline in the number of sherry drinkers - fewer drinkers means less production which in turn means less casks available for malt distilleries to use to age their spirits. I remember when I...

Score 93/100

Bunnahabhain 1997 Duncan Taylor NC²

Duncan Taylor has a range of whiskies on the NC² label, which refers to 'non chill-filtered' and 'non-coloured'. This Bunnahabhain was distilled in 1997, hence I'm expecting a peated version, and bottled at the age of 12 years in 2010 at a cut strength of 46%. The nose is peaty, surely, but not overly so. In fact, it's very soft. I get some ashes...

Score 85/100