Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old 75cl

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old

All this distilleries offerings seem to come in squat bottles with very narrow necks which pore very poorly. I hate bad design so this irks me every time, before I even come to taste the whisky. This malt opens up expressively with soft sweet peaty aromas, some vanilla, apples and some nuttiness too. Medium bodied and the mouth feel is good,...

Score 83/100

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old

This was my first bottle of Bunnahabhain. As I neared the bottom of the bottle I was also left thinking I wouldn't mind having another. That is not the case of whiskies I have had nor even individual drams. This is a good one. Nose: light sweetness, salt, hint of peat, sherry, fruity Mouth: oily, staged delivery becomes quick, hint bitterness,...

Score 89/100

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old

This review is for the "new," non-chill filtered and higher abv Bunna 12. As others have noted, this is a totally different whisky from the old 12, so if you're approaching it expecting a more "evolved" or "refined" version of the old Bunna you may be a little disappointed. The new Bunna is more "in your...

Score 86/100

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old

The reviewed sample is compliments of @Nock Nose: delicate and elegant flavours of barley-malt and wine. Bunnahabhain is famous for being the most removed of the Islay distilleries from the smokey/heavily-peated style, though they do some peated whiskies as well. The sorts of barley-malt-cum-wine flavours here are not unfamiliar, they are just of...

Score 89/100