Bunnahabhain 12 Years old Design
The 12-year-old offers with his hefty 46.3% vol enough reserves for dilution with some still water. Bunnahabhain comes from Gaelic and means 'estuary', a direct reference to the Margadale River. The bottle is decorated with a sailor. Bunnahabhain was the first distillery the sailors saw returning to their homeland.
The 12-year-old offers with his hefty 46.3% vol enough reserves for dilution with some still water. Bunnahabhain comes from Gaelic and means 'estuary', a direct reference to the Margadale River. The bottle is decorated with a sailor. Bunnahabhain was the first distillery the sailors saw returning to their homeland.
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2518 | |
Bunnahabhain | |
Scotland, Islay | |
Single Malt Whisky | |
12 Years | |
46.3% | |
0.7 l | |
Original bottling | |
Sherry, Bourbon | |
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Average tasting notes Tasting Notes |
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Nosing
Peat Smoke:
Sherry:
Sweet:
Fruit:
Nuts:
Maritime Notes:
Malt:
Oak:
Spices:
Vanilla:
Seaweed:
Caramel:
Herbs:
Herb:
Honey:
Alcohol:
Leather:
Salt:
Zitrus:
Orange:
Dried Fruit:
Floral:
Hazelnut:
Raisin:
Berries:
Almonds:
Chocolate:
Hay:
Heather:
Medicinal Smoke:
Oil:
Tobacco:
Bonfire Smoke:
Dark Chocolate:
Grape:
Anise:
Apple:
Barley:
Cake:
Cherry:
Chili:
Cinnamon:
Fig:
Grass:
Lemon:
Peach:
Pepper:
Plum:
Walnut:
Wheat:
Tasting
Sweet:
Malt:
Spices:
Nuts:
Peat Smoke:
Fruit:
Sherry:
Oak:
Vanilla:
Maritime Notes:
Herb:
Salt:
Oil:
Chocolate:
Walnut:
Pepper:
Caramel:
Dark Chocolate:
Honey:
Herbs:
Alcohol:
Seaweed:
Dried Fruit:
Hazelnut:
Heather:
Leather:
Berries:
Chili:
Raisin:
Zitrus:
Coffee:
Iodine:
Orange:
Peach:
Ginger:
Grape:
Hay:
Lemon:
Medicinal Smoke:
Mint:
Nutmeg:
Pear:
Tobacco:
Wheat:
Almonds:
Anise:
Banana:
Barley:
Blackberry:
Bonfire Smoke:
Cherry:
Cinnamon:
Floral:
Finish
Sweet:
Peat Smoke:
Malt:
Spices:
Oak:
Sherry:
Maritime Notes:
Nuts:
Herb:
Fruit:
Salt:
Dark Chocolate:
Oil:
Seaweed:
Alcohol:
Chocolate:
Coffee:
Vanilla:
Herbs:
Caramel:
Chili:
Heather:
Leather:
Pepper:
Dried Fruit:
Hazelnut:
Raisin:
Apple:
Berries:
Bonfire Smoke:
Cake:
Floral:
Hay:
Honey:
Iodine:
Tobacco:
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All tasting notes
RATING: 4.0/5.0 ≙ 88 pts




Intense and fruity. Orange peel sherry character, much more so than I remember in the past. Salted caramel and vanilla. The smokiness if there is any is as good as undetectable, I remember it coming through in previous bottles but this is much more fruit led.
Taste:




Intense and sweet arrival. Sherry again, fresh mixed fruit and vanilla. A background hint of woodsmoke. Very viscous mouth feel.
Finish:



Long and sweet with some oakiness showing through. Residual spiciness.
Comment:
I hadn't had a bottle of this in a while and decided to revisit it. I think its changed a bit since I last had it, the sherry influence is definitely more pronounced, not that that's a bad thing. The flavour is intense, and although I very much prefer to see whisky bottled at higher percentages I think this can actually take a generous drop of water just to calm it down a little. This is definitely one of my favourite standard bottlings and although its not quite how I remember it, its still very good.

Citrus, sweet, very nice and sprightly, floral
Taste:
Very complex. Hint of salt, vanilla, nuts, honey, dry citruses, hint of fresh fruits,
Finish:
medium, vanilla, nuts, salt and warming up nicely.
Comment:
Very nice and complex whisky. Everytime you can find something else in a taste. Alcohol well hidden but good to add a few spoons of water.










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Comment: correction of my rating