Bunnahabhain 18 Year Old is a rich, complex beauty who has spent nearly two decades lounging in a mix of sherry and bourbon casks, soaking up all the good stuff. Bottled at 46.3% ABV without chill-filtration or added colouring (because why mess with perfection?), it serves up layers of sweet, fruity, and savoury deliciousness.
Salted caramel leading to sticky toffee pudding sprinkled with nutmeg. With time a leathery quality emerges.
Dense, rich sherried notes perked up with a coastal saltiness. On a second wave roast chestnuts emerge and gentle wood spice.
Woodspice becomes mixed spice. The finish is warming and lengthy; salt and sherry towards the very end.
Bunnahabhain without chill-filtration is dense and oily and shows off its sherried credentials with ease.
just been gifted a bottle of this...I could never afford it normally. I spent half the night sniffing it and the other half sipping it and marvelling at the complexity of the taste...heaven in a glass for sure. spice, toffee, sherry and an assortment of other flavours that combine to make me wish I was wealthier.
Honestly, this is my favorite whisky that I have tried from Islay or anywhere really, its just easy to like. Doesn't matter how you drink it, it's superb, but I love it on the rocks, small sips, and let it linger, the flavor evolves nicely as it warms on the palette. It's not a challenging whisky, just a very pleasant one.
As a Scotch Whisky collector and enthusiast that has a large collection to taste from, this is simply incredible. The notes in the description are spot on. This whisky should be a science experiment "how did they make such an incredible whisky" and try to identify what is going so right here!
Elegant and delicious. A cozy night cap enjoyed by both male and female. I recommend this scotch highly.
During my life - time , I have "sampled" many "in" whiskies , but I have never tasted the like of Bunnahabhain 18 - year - old . I am after another bottle , in a few moments . Angus Cameron MacKay Condy . II. A.C.M.C. II. 1232/Wed/27/05/2015.
