Bunnahabhain 13 Year Old 1997 Adelphi

Bunnahabhain 1989 A.D. Rattray 23 Year Old

sample from a friend Nose: A little waxy smokiness, and clearly on the usual sweet barley in this sort of ex-bourbon expression. Honey and lemon. Also rather a bit of pear and banana, which starts out as very yellow, and turns into a beautiful bunch a'ripe banana. Toffee and caramelized popcorn, and then something a bit odd and vegetal. Green...

Score 85/100

Bunnahabhain 12 Year Old

Bunnahabhain distillery was founded in 1881 by William Robertson and the Greenless brothers William and James. Production started in earnest in 1883 and in 1887 the distillery was integrated into Highland Distilleries Company Ltd. Production continued uninterruptedly until 1982 when the distillery was closed for two years. It was reopened in 1984...

Score 84/100

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 12 Year Old

When I got a bottle of Bunnahabhain 12yo I was really thrilled with it's name and really wanted to like the whisky. Just after I opened the bottle the nose was very nice and complex. I could get sea salt, aniseed, grass, nuts, some peat. After a while it mellowed a bit and develped nicely into some vanilla, sherry, toffee, plum and condensed milk....

Score 80/100