I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while. My relationship with Bunnahabhain has been…weird. I first had the 12 and 18 when I was still almost entirely interested in peated whisky. The peated whisky I’ve had has been, generally speaking, excellent to the point I didn’t know why they bothered making other whisky. I still wanted to try older and theoretically better whiskies from them, but it felt like a waste back then. My palate’s developed more and now I find myself having room for unpeated drams and those two deserve a revisit. But here I am fortunate enough to have found a sample set that included a dram of this as I wouldn’t be buying a bottle even if unpeated drams were my main choice.
Bunnahabhain 25, Islay Single Malt, 46.3% ABVMinutia: Unfortunately I don’t know anything other than it being aged for 25 years. Enjoyed neat in a glencairn.
Color: Tawny; 1.4.
Nose: Malty, spices, polished furniture. Honey and tea.
Taste: Mild, rich and slightly sweet, spicy and woody, malt later. That rich and sweet flavor becomes distinctly honey over time.
Finish: Malt and spice. Honey. Warm. Long.
It doesn’t blow me out of the water, but it is quite enjoyable. Tastes to me like an excellent representation of what whisky can be when it’s not strongly one type of whisky (ie, you wouldn’t call it an anything-bomb).
Score: 85
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