Jose-Massu-Espinel
Bunnahabhain 18 Year
Single Malt — Islay, Scotland
Reviewed
February 25, 2020 (edited January 30, 2022)
I have read some amazing reviews for this whisky. People are absolutely nuts about it, they say it is amazingly balanced and full of chocolate. I had the bottle for some time, and it thought, "ok, it is time to see what all the fuss is about". I have now tasted it and it is a good whisky but nothing i would die for.
On the nose, it is the best part, i got cocoa cream; Hay and Burnt grass, Cotton, Coffee and of coursw that Chocolate kote everyone is rambling about.
I am not going to use my "since this is an islay dram i wanted peat and since there is none, i am going to destroy this" card, because i knew beforehand that this whisky had almost no peat on it.
On the palate it is a good dram. Orange notes, more Chocolate; Milk powder. It is very nutty. I liked it.
Aftertaste was good also, without been great. It is mostly burnt hay and orange /chocolate notes.
Overall i think this is a very good dram, just not excelent. It almost made 4.5 stars, but to be honest i don't think it deserves it. 89 over 100 is my score for it.
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Good call-out about the minimal peat. I can imagine someone being horribly disappointed if they tried this expecting a peat bomb.
@Soba45 yes. im sure with a little oxygen this one gets better.
It gets better with time. A lot better. I had it and thought meh maybe a 4. A year later with oxegen at least a 4.5 maybe 4.75 i.e. top 3 to 5 % of drams out of the 1000 over the last 5 years.