Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old 1992 Mission Murray McDavid

Bunnahabhain Darach Ur Batch 1

Darach Ùr means ‘fresh oak’ in Gaelic and was launched in 2008 as an exclusive travel retail expression. It was matured in new American oak casks from a family-run cooperage in Bardstown/Kentucky. The nose is rich and lush with plenty of vanilla, cinnamon and crème brûlée flavours. Then there is a good dose of wood spice but not aggressive and...

Score 84/100

Bunnahabhain Lombard Jewels of Scotland 25YO

I am sure that I am not alone in finding that I have more than a few "special occasion" whiskies in my war chest. I have decided that on my birthday, I shall open a bottle. Why not start with the first special occasion bottle I purchased? This Bunnahabhain is one of the independent bottler Lombard's Jewels of Scotland series. Distilled...

Score 85/100

Bunnahabhain Ceobanach

This is the last dram of a bottle I gave to Pam for her birthday last year. Actually, it was the second bottle I bought; I left the first bottle in the trunk of my car on a hot August day (I didn't want her to see me bring it in), and when I went back to my car the next morning, all you could smell was peat smoke. Which isn't necessarily a bad...

Score 83/100

Bunnahabhain Toiteach A Dhà

My first stray away from the 12, if my memory serves, which is a whisky I was very fond of last time out. This was a most welcome Father's day gift but perhaps not something I would have bought for myself without trying. That said, I was intrigued by the Kwabinoch (sp? - ha!), a more heavily peated and bourbon matured version, and this I believe...

Score 86/100