Bunnahabhain 1997 11 Year Old Adelphi

Bunnahabhain Durach Ur (Batch 6)

The title apparently means new oak in Gaelic and the bottle proudly boasts its non-chill-filtered credentials and natural colour, which I would describe as golden amber incidentally. This was a slightly hesitant airport purchase, but one I’ve not regretted. An intriguing nose, apricots and toasted almonds, a touch of spice and cream. On other...

Score 90/100

Bunnahabhain 1997 'A Peaty Punch!' Wemyss

This whisky is around 16 years of age and clearly matured on a bourbon cask (if you judge by the color). Since the Wemyss team dubbed this one ‘A Peaty Punch!’ (including the exclamation point), I presume the peat will be quite prevalent. Let us get to work! Indeed, the nose is quite peaty. Rather sweet and sour then truly smoky, but it does offer...

Score 85/100

Bunnahabhain 8 Year Old Commitment To Malt

This is a release by the Dutch whiskyclub Commitment to Malt, of which my patner in whiskycrime Imanuel is a member. So I had tasted it before, but didn’t write notes then. Time to correct that. This is a young Bunna from a first fill sherry cask. While Bunna is normally known as the softly peated Islay, I find this one pretty smoky. But it is...

Score 85/100

Bunnahabhain 23 yo 1989 , [Abbey Whisky] Rare Casks

Nose: Gentle sea spray and brine. Malty notes in addition to a bit of sweet citrus as in lemon curd Further exploration will reveal some hints of sweet marshmallow. Palate: Boom! Here comes the peat and smoke storm. Very nice and totally unexpected after the rather peat-shy nose. Pepper. Some sweet fruity notes too. Apple and then soot and going...

Score 86/100