Bunnahabhain 20 Year Old Centenary

Bunnahabhain Cruach-Mhona

Very very light in colour. Fresh seaside, iodine and toast aromas. Quite sweet and salty flavour. Simple, and a little awkward for a style proclaiming "extra-peaty".

Score 71/100

Bunnahabhain 1988 'Kirsch Gâteau' Wemyss

This is the only Bunnahabhain in this line-up that has a higher ABV than 46% (the strength at which Wemyss usually bottles their single casks). This 26 Year Old Bunna has 56% and clearly matured on an active sherry cask, revealed by it mahogany color. The nose is wonderfully sweet and very dark, if you catch my meaning. A veritable sherry bomb:...

Score 89/100

Bunnahabhain 4 Year Old 2013 The Ultimate

Apart from Moine (meaning peat) there is another heavily peated Bunna called Staoisha. It is a reference to one of the water sources used by the distillery on Islay for the production of their peaty whisky. This cask was filled with spirit in 2013 and bottled at very young age by van Wees, the Dutch bottler. They don’t come much paler than this....

Score 84/100

Bunnahabhain 1965/2001 35 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 90/100