Bunnahabhain: every past SMWS bottling

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 12 years, Bold & Peaty.

“Briny, that was the common denominator on the neat nose, next to thick peat smoke.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 12 years.

“Mesquite-smoked vegetable stock leapt forward on the nose, its salty and gamey quality emphasised by seaweed dipped in soy sauce and rapeseed oil.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 12 years.

“This opened with a spring-summer mix of floral and evergreen perfumes on the nose, notably gorse blossom, heather ale and spruce syrup.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 11 years.

“Autumn leaves and coffee beans fell into tar pits as coal soot dusted the thick head atop a pint of milk stout.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 11 years.

“Ready to embrace your taste for adventure?…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 16 years.

“A superb aroma greeted the Panel, one that recalled heather ales, salted dark chocolate, aniseed gobstoppers and chocolate-coated peanuts.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 11 years.

“Nothing could prepare us for the explosion of smoke which awaited us nosing this dram neat.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 11 years.

“The nose had us all dancing around a beach bonfire, upwind of which we could just detect sea shells, tar, lemon zest, olive tapenade, sherbet straws and tulips wrapped…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 11 years.

“We took a capsule of crispy seaweed, filled it with hard toffee and salt crystals, dipped it in beechwood tar and tumbled it over sand dunes.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 11 years.

“Ready to embrace your taste for adventure?…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 11 years.

“A handful of salt and pepper cashews came wrapped in the contents of a first aid kit, accompanied by warm tar, fennel and thyme, and a serving of vanilla ice cream.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 11 years.

“Last year saw the release of five special whiskies to celebrate International Women’s Day, with five per cent of the profits from the total sales donated to OurWhisky…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 10 years.

“The neat nose suggested to us such appealing things as caramelised ginger, heather ales, buttered pumpernickel bread and salted Dutch liquorice.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 11 years.

“We felt this one displayed a wonderful and classical sherry maturation profile.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 11 years.

“Big and bold, this was truly a dram for perusing, the Panel agreed.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 10 years.

“A robust, thick and richly peated aroma displayed both oiliness and waxiness – suggesting a highly textural dram ...…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 9 years.

“The immediate aroma presents us with notes of peat and campfire smoke, while sweet sherry and syrupy nuts linger in the background.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 10 years.

“Things opened with a classic nose – dying beach bonfires, sweet smoke, ash, a sea breeze and maybe potatoes in the embers – with additional hints of toffee, vanilla,…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 10 years.

“From deep in the dark depths of a Spanish bodega, the robust aromas of smoky bacon crisps and paprika mingled with miso paste melting into burnt butter with a splash of…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 9 years.

“We were all in agreement nosing neat – a bowl full of herby chicken and bacon lardons with a red onion mash next to a green lentil curry.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 9 years.

“At first we noted buttery smoke, root beer and black pepper; a big, hearty fusion of peat and sherry influences.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 9 years.

“Peat-smoked croissants smothered in mace-infused butter were accompanied by ginger wine in a sandalwood chalice.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 16 years.

“Coarse grains of sea salt in melting butter rested on toasted rye bread while the sweet aroma of vanilla merged with new oak.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

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

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 9 years.

“We followed our noses to a large bowl of breakfast cereal, seasoned with sea salt and enveloped with a lichen-born smoke.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

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

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 9 years.

“First up, the Panellists were served a cocktail of cold smoked plums, cherries, unsalted peanuts and seared venison wrapped in wax paper.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 9 years.

“Limited to 1 Bottle per Member We found this one immediately full of tar with abundant black pepper, hardwood resins, burning fir wood, smoked mint, lardons charring in…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 9 years.

“Limited to 1 Bottle per Member “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen” or, in our case, the engine room of a ship.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 9 years.

“Limited to 1 Bottle per Member A typically massive nose with colossal notes of tar buckets, pickling vinegars, olive juices, gherkins, seawater and black olive tapenade…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 7 years.

“We thought the peat and sherry were singing in beautiful close harmony with this one.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 13 years.

“Limited to 1 bottle per member  The colour was like a sunset over Loch Indaal as we opened a bottle of Oloroso sherry from Sanlucar, that typical coastal scent but with…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 7 years.

“Limited to 1 bottle per member Burnt raisins, treacle tarts and smoked olive oil were the more straightforward descriptors before we had a ‘smoky blue spirulina…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 13 years.

“Limited to 1 bottle per member We sat down to enjoy a ploughman’s lunch – crumbly, mature cloth-bound cheddar, strong pickles and pumpernickel bread spread with salted…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 7 years.

“Limited to 1 bottle per member Imagine being slapped in the face with a thick, whole rolled pancetta - salt cured, smoked and dried – I think you get the picture!…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 13 years.

“Limited to 1 bottle per member A golden, slightly red-brown colour, like that of the gemstone ‘tiger’s eye’, caught our attention first before the aromas of assorted…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 7 years.

“Please note: this bottling is limited to 1 per member There was smoke, “one hell of a lot of smoke!” Imagine sitting on a pebble beach near ‘the mouth of the river’…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 15 years.

“Limited to 1 bottle per member The perfumed nose encapsulated a sweet fragrance that mingled with dried herbs and light nut oils while a strong maritime influence washed…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 12 years.

“This bottle is limited to 1 per member We needed to call the fire brigade as a garden shed full of paint pots, newspapers, old chipboards and plywood had just gone up in…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 14 years.

“This bottle is limited to 1 per member Early aromas combined wood smoked nuts with slightly salty fino sherry before fruity notes of scorched lemons, ripe apples and…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 15 years.

“This bottle is limited to 1 per member Lean, clean and saline noted the Panel initially.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 6 years.

“Limited to 1 bottle per member The nose immediately suggested charred pineapple and smoky bacon Frazzles.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 6 years.

“Theres mountains of silage, freshly poured bitumen, boilers belching smoke, molten tar erupts from a gnarled peat bog and winged demons season the land with black pepper…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 6 years.

“Limited to 1 bottle per member Very peaty, very meaty!!…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 6 years.

“Imagine lighting a peat fire on the beach in glorious sunshine then out of nowhere dark stormy clouds, that indicate an arriving thunderstorm, fill the sky.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 12 years.

“A floral, heathery peat smoke wafted over the steep slope of a gravel beach with the clouds hanging low and the mist coming in from the sea – one could almost sense the…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 10 years.

“Bottle limited to 1 per member The aroma of this one neat drew us deeper and deeper into the glass – we were sucked in and felt we were losing control as words like…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 6 years.

“Our noses picked up sweet vanilla and toffee, but the main impressions included steam ships, tarry driftwood bonfire on a shingle beach, smoked fish, Nori, saltwater and…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Bunnahabhain (Islay), 6 years.

“Limited to 1 bottle per member The nose had charred chestnuts, sugar-coated fennel seeds, liquorice comfits, tar and a coalman’s shoulder cloth.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS