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SMWS 10.254: Bunnahabhain

“A real boisterous dram” · Past release, no longer on sale
A real boisterous dram - SMWS 10.254Sold outOct 2023
10.254

A real boisterous dram

SMWS regionIslay
Age18 years
ABV61.1%
Cask1st fill ex-bodega oloroso butt
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 10
DistilleryBunnahabhain
RegionIslay

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 18 years.

“Imagine a sunny autumn day and a group of lumberjacks walking off the CalMac ferry at Port Askaig.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
£137.90View on SMWS

SMWS 10.254 is a single cask of Bunnahabhain, in the Islay region, 18 years old, bottled at 61.1%, released in the Oct 2023 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 10.x is from Bunnahabhain.

How the price compares
At £137.90, this 18-year-old cost more than all 7 Bunnahabhain bottlings aged 13–16 released 2021–2024 that we hold. They ranged from £75 to £108, with a median of £79.
Shaded: their range · line: this bottleRelease prices, not adjusted for inflation

Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.

About Bunnahabhain

On Islay's north-east shore, facing Jura across the Sound, Bunnahabhain has distilled since 1881; the village was built to house its workers, and until a road arrived in 1960 everything came and went by sea. On an island famed for smoke, its classic spirit is the gentle exception, made from unpeated malt: nutty, salty-sweet and at ease in sherry wood. The name means 'mouth of the river'. Distell's, now Heineken's.

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