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Bunnahabhain 8yo G&M

Bunnahabhain 8yo Heavily Peated (Gordon & MacPhail)

14 March 2016 0 comments Article Bunnahabhain, Islay, Scotland, Tasting Notes

Bunnahabhain is an Islay distillery, but they’re not exactly known for their peated whiskies. Quite the contrary. However, they do distill peated whisky every once in a while. Their own Toiteach expression is peated for example, and there are also plenty of independent bottlings of Bunnahabhain with a smokey edgy, such as today’s 8 year old expression bottled by Gordon & MacPhail.

Bunnahabhain 8yo (43%, Gordon & MacPhail, The MacPhail’s Collection)

Nose:  Sauerkraut and straw with touches of smoked bacon and rubber. Vanilla and nuts in the background, as well as fruitier notes of ripe banana.
Taste: Wood smoke and peat dominate at first, much peatier than the nose suggest and fairly bold in that way. Some sugar water and green apple as well.
Finish: Medium in length peat, rubber and vanilla.

Rating: 82

A more than decent peated Bunnahabhain, which could serve as a nice introduction to peated whisky. It is certainly priced that way at around 40 euro.

Sample provided by Gordon & MacPhail

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Thijs is a spirits writer and accredited liquorist from The Netherlands. He runs the blog Words of Whisky and contributes to a number of Dutch and international publications.

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