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SMWS 10.257: Bunnahabhain

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10.257

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SMWS regionIslay
Age9 years
ABV58.6%
Cask1st fill ex-px hogshead
SpiritMalt Whisky
Distillery from SMWS code 10
DistilleryBunnahabhain
RegionIslay

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 9 years.

“Welcome the new year with a blast of balsamic-glazed crispy seaweed on a platter of sea water-soaked hessian and driftwood.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
£82.50View on SMWS

SMWS 10.257 is a single cask of Bunnahabhain, in the Islay region, 9 years old, bottled at 58.6%, released in the Dec 2023 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 10.x is from Bunnahabhain.

How the price compares
At £82.50, this 9-year-old cost more than 19 of the 25 Bunnahabhain bottlings aged 7–11 released 2021–2025 that we hold. They ranged from £65 to £88, 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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