7,000+ Whiskey Database
Liquor
Bunnahabhain 1987 Maltbarn
Type
ABV
49.5%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Intense and complex, fully ripe yellow fruit, caramelized kumquat, stem ginger, beeswax candle.
Taste
Cinnamon bark, star anise, orange peel.
Finish
Warming, velvety, medium-long finish but an eternal finish on the palate of cedarwood and oranges
Liquor
Bunnahabhain 1988 Malt Trust
Type
ABV
53.3%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Huge sherry, threatens at first to overwhelm everything else; old furniture, mahogany wood, prunes, tart cherries, raisin, a bit of varnish
Taste
Old leather furniture, varnish, prune, cherry, grape, cocoa
Finish
Varnish, cranberry juice or red currant, tart and drying
Liquor
Bunnahabhain 1988-2013 Berry’s
Type
ABV
51.3%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Hazelnuts, Marzipan, Cocoa (almost Nutella), Silky Vanilla, Saltwater Taffy, Jammy Fruit Preserves
Taste
Tannic Oak, Oaky Red Wine (cali cabs), Cigar Tobacco, Earthy Sulfur (a mushroomy dash), Salty Brine, Barrel Char/Tobacco Ash
Finish
Salty Oak, Barrel Char, Iodine, Smoked Kippers (slightly), Hazelnuts, Marzipan (slightly), Black Tea.
Liquor
Bunnahabhain 1989 Faultline for K&L
Type
ABV
43.3%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Whipping cold wind, salt spray, kelpy iodine, fraying rope and peat & rotting meat
Taste
Honeysuckle and pepper jerky, pumpkin pie, orange peel
Finish
Quick dry blast of smoke, lingering custard, peaty to the end–sparkly oak
Liquor
Bunnahabhain 1990 #37
Type
ABV
59.6%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Warm Pancakes with Butter, Caramel, Orange Zest/Juice and the Orange Liqueur Gran Marnier).Malt, Oak, Spices, (Bourbon-like)Vanilla, Nuts, Prunes and Raisins.
Taste
Bourbon Vanilla as well as Oak, Caramel, Dates and hints of Tobacco and Chocolate.
Finish
Middle Long and Hot with Sherry, Black Pepper, Vanilla and Rum-Soaked Raisins
Liquor
Bunnahabhain 1990 Nectar of the Daily Drams
Type
ABV
49.8%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Very lively, sharp. Mineral notes, marine, ginger, roots, lemon, apple
Taste
Thick, oily texture. A very strong rum side: banana flambé, sugar cane, vanilla and can be cinnamon
Finish
Long and especially on spices: cinnamon, pepper and vanilla.
Liquor
Bunnahabhain 1990 Whisky Doris
Type
ABV
50.9%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Mild Sherrynase with a trace of wood in the background. Orange and a good dose of cinnamon.
Taste
Pretty dry representative of his guild. Very strong, also with a proper barrel and also slightly astringent
Finish
Long and light afterburning, chocolate
Liquor
Bunnahabhain 1991 A.D Rattray
Type
ABV
53%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Some mulled spices, as if from a mulled wine,deep, very old oak.
Taste
Rich, dark, sweet sherry oozes in and just coats your mouth,very sweet figs is the only fruit I can taste at full strengthhot and does require a little bit of watering,dried, fleshy fruits come through. Raisins, both golden and regular, pop in along with dried figs, persimmons, apricots, and dates.
Finish
Long. There’s a lot of oak with a lot of sherry. Hint of some kind of hard mineral pops in as well as a bit more of the funk.
Liquor
Bunnahabhain 1991 MacPhail’s Collection
Type
ABV
43%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Light peach and sherry scent combined with lean caramel and ginger intensification, some of the flowers may also feel somewhere
Taste
Breeze of peat in combination with vanilla, caramel, and an increasingly pronounced fruity taste,citruses with a bit of medicine and again quite a bit of spice
Finish
In reverberation mainly vanilla, tobacco, peaches, a little wax, cocoa and again the pleasant spice and light peat background
Liquor
Bunnahabhain 1991 Wemyss
Type
ABV
45.6%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Fruity and confected up front: boiled sweets, tinned pineapple, strawberries and meringue
Taste
Pineapple dusted with cinnamon, soft brown sugar and freshly baked wholemeal bread is quickly overtaken by an insidiously sticky, bitter, hoppy, beery note
Finish
The bitterness lingers on and on.
Liquor
Bunnahabhain 1997 Signatory
Type
ABV
46%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Peat, lime, peppery, wood, roaring fire
Taste
Cinnamon sticks, basil, anise, gooseberry, curry, lemongrass
Finish
Strawberry, anise, wood, thyme, dragon fruit, cigar ash
Liquor
Bunnahabhain 1997 Signatory
Type
ABV
46%
Region
Distiller
Nose
Peat, lime, peppery, wood, roaring fire
Taste
Cinnamon sticks, basil, anise, gooseberry, curry, lemongrass
Finish
Strawberry, anise, wood, thyme, dragon fruit, cigar ash