Bunnahabhain 1976 31 Year Old Oloroso Sherry Murray McDavid

Bunnahabhain 10 Year Old Discovery

In their Discovery range Gordon & Macphail offer approachable entry level malts and today I’ll put two of those to the test, both for the Islay distillery of Bunnahabhain. Both are quite young, but one matured on a bourbon cask, while the other slept on a sherry cask. I’ll start with the 10 years old on bourbon. On the nose it is immediately...

Score 86/100

Bunnahabhain 1988 24 Year Old Cask #4111 Berry Bros

Bunnahabhain is probably my favourite 'non-smoky' distillery. This whisky is matured entirely in sherry casks for 24 years and it definitely shows in its colour. The nose is of burnt sugar with ripe red fruits and cooked berries. Raisins, Sultanas, even fig are apparent. Hint of blackcurrant and do I even detect liquorice? Very very slightly...

Score 93/100

Bunnahabhain Cruach-Mhona

The otherwise unpeated Islay distillery Bunnahabhain did some peated runs in 1997, and occasionally they make it into a limited release like Bunnahabhain Toiteach or Bunnahabhain Moine. Now there’s a peated expression for duty free shops (as often also available in a few regular stores). Cruach Mhóna is the name for a pile of drying peat bricks....

Score 75/100

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