Bunnahabhain 12 Year

A great and affordable bottle to just have around. The vanilla, fudge, fruity aroma has undertones of chocolate? The flavor is equally interesting, full and well balanced. Adding water suppress the bitter sense and brought out the sweet sense including hazelnut. It acted similarly on the flavor in regards to bring out sweetness, and also brought in more of the casks flavors.

One of my favorites thus far. It's got that great mix between the nose, palate and finish. You'll find something new after every taste and after every whiff. An extraordinary feat for a dram with this price. Nose: Chocolate, nuts and a whiff of smoke and peat. Also fresh baked bread, raisins and caramel. Like walking into a bakery. Palate: Spices and sweets with wood notes and later fruits like grapes and oranges. Finish: Here the peat makes its way into the experience together with candy-like influences, liquerish and leather.

Having hard time finding the peat in there. I’d say it is very comparable to Highland Park 12 with added brininess and little bit of caramel

Excellent scotch to have all the time. Quickly becoming a favorite of mine.

Honestly, I'm not a big smoke fan. But the level of smoke on this and the smoothness it's hard to beat.