Bunnahabhain 2008 Mòine

Name: Bunnahabhain 2008 Mòine
Brand: Bunnahabhain
SKU: 114949
Rating: 88.98 (266 reviews)

Overall rating: 88.98/100
votes: 266

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Bunnahabhain
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Limited Release
Vintage: 18.12.2008
Bottled: 26.02.2018
Calculated age: 09 years old
Casktype: Bordeaux Red Wine Casks
Number of bottles: 4536
Strength: 58.1 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml 750 ml
Label: Warehouse No. 8
Barcode: 5029704219155
Added on: 11 Jul 2018 6:40 pm by WVenema

Average value

€ 235.00

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Whisky Reviews for Bunnahabhain 2008 Mòine

37 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 88.98 points

Sleinn nam Ffoh scored this whisky 90 points
17 Aug 2018 10:13 pm
Balanced, wonderfully pleasing - a strong bottling, which is absolutely expected both the vinous components and the distillate.

Nose

90 90

Immediately sweet-fruity smoke is present, in addition to the ashiness, cherries and raspberries reach the nose. The alcohol is noticeable, but does not bother.
Slightly sourish draft and salty bacon are added. Maritime and complex.

Taste

90 90

Very pleasant mouthfeel, with a tendency to creaminess. Cherries and raspberries are still the leading fruit flavors, the smoky notes and well-integrated alcohol accompany balanced. Slight pepper and spicy notes are present. Here rather tasty than complex.
With water, the fruits become clearer, the pepper and oak notes but also, if necessary, even slightly sulfuric subliminal palpable.

Finish

89 89

At first, the smoky component predominates, but the red fruits are constantly mixed with it. Medium to long accompanied by subtle oak bitterness and a few dryness. Later blackberry.
LittlePeat scored this whisky 92 points
16 Jul 2018 9:26 pm
Color: mahogany

Nose: Fresh, extremely cherry, with smoked meat and pine nuts behind.

Palate: The smoke is getting stronger. Sweet red fruits. Again pine nuts. A little bit of wood. Meat sauce. Very pleasant mouthfeel. Attention: It hardly tolerates water, but is pure drinkable, or even with just a few drops of water.

Finish: Long with smoke and sour cherry jam. Very clean.

Conclusion: Strange that he can not handle water, otherwise top. From the age ago, the 9 years also correspond to the overall impression. The 58.1% is not noticeable, the impression is rather 52%.
KayMeertens scored this whisky 87 points
28 Oct 2018 8:54 am
Yeah sure it's nice, but all those 90+ scores really puzzle me. I was thinking 86 or 87.

Nose

Blueberry, toffee, peat, mocha, hazelnut paste and apple.

Taste

Peat, chocolate, blueberry and caramel.

Finish

Chocolate, peat, hazelnut and liquorice.
Andytka3 scored this whisky 95 points
04 Jul 2019 1:24 am
N- Oily, nutty with hint of soy sauce, then honey comb, ripe melon and tangy mineral in the mix for a great prelude in this one. Full on the nose with more Chinese soy sauce nuance, complexity shows with burning leaf and wood chip smokes, warm berries, sharp citrus for nose melting effect. Curry leaf. (93/23)

P- Bold, umami, smokes, spicy, rich dried fruit with mashed sweet and salted dates rising to the nose. Absolutely delicious well spiced crab and seafood broth. Just stunning. (95/23)

F- Long, burst of umami, puffy, more curry leaf with array of savoury flavours emerged in harmony. Rich but not heavy, feel the power yet rounded and flawless. (97/24)

B/B- 96/24. Another very stunning Limited Release from Mr. Bunny after 2017 PX LR.

Cr- 1, Fr- 1, Fl- 0, Pt- 2, Ft- 0, Sp- 0, Wd-3, Wn-3, Sc-2

Weighted Rate- 95pt (+1 for the excellent value)
— at The Whisky Bar, Kuala Lumpur.

Nose

N- Oily, nutty with hint of soy sauce, then honey comb, ripe melon and tangy mineral in the mix for a great prelude in this one. Full on the nose with more Chinese soy sauce nuance, complexity shows with burning leaf and wood chip smokes, warm berries, sharp citrus for nose melting effect. Curry leaf. (93/23)

Taste

P- Bold, umami, smokes, spicy, rich dried fruit with mashed sweet and salted dates rising to the nose. Absolutely delicious well spiced crab and seafood broth. Just stunning. (95/23)

Finish

F- Long, burst of umami, puffy, more curry leaf with array of savoury flavours emerged in harmony. Rich but not heavy, feel the power yet rounded and flawless. (97/24)

B/B- 96/24. Another very stunning Limited Release from Mr. Bunny after 2017 PX LR.

Cr- 1, Fr- 1, Fl- 0, Pt- 2, Ft- 0, Sp- 0, Wd-3, Wn-3, Sc-2

Weighted Rate- 95pt (+1 for the excellent value)
— at The Whisky Bar, Kuala Lumpur.
Bertus1 scored this whisky 93 points
28 Oct 2018 3:45 am

This is an exeptional Bunna Moine ( peated) experiment with wine casks that is rare for Bunnahabhain . The result is a whisky that is hard to allocate when tasting blind. The influence of the bordeaux casks make this whisky taste much more mature and exclusive in comparison to comparable aged whiskys. The wine is not dominant although present in the high quality Bunna spirit. Toffee, espresso and tobacco mixed with hints of raisins , pepper and ripe fruits create a very , very good product that has a nice afterburner and made this limited expression to my favorit of the over 200 single malt whiskys tasted. If you are not fainthearted and love the Islay high quality spirit this is one of the unique rare opportunities to experience an absolute top quality whisky at a reasonable price if you can still grab one . 93 points !
LDB scored this whisky 86 points
31 Oct 2020 11:40 pm
Smoky and delicate! The high alcohol content doesn't bother you in any way.

Nose

87 87

Clearly ashy smoke from the fireplace, blackcurrants in the background.

Taste

87 87

Smoky and strong, gives hair on the chest, tasty.

Finish

85 85

Finally, red gummy bears.
thijs100 scored this whisky 83 points
19 Dec 2018 2:14 pm
While the nose offers more fruits, this is generally a proper, powerful and straightforward heavily peated whisky.

Nose

The fruits immediately jump out, with blueberries and cherries leading the charge, all the while backed by hints of barbeque smoke and cured meat, as well as nougat. Rather delicious, although a tad shy.

Taste

Big and intense notes of rubber. Iodine even. With more tar, charcoal and peat to come, all of them completely overpowering the wine cask fruitiness, which is barely detectable.

Finish

Lots of peat and licorice, with a whisper of sal ammoniac.
Mark-E scored this whisky 88 points
14 Oct 2018 9:28 pm
Nose

88 88

Taste

89 89

Finish

88 88
mothers_finest scored this whisky 88 points
01 Nov 2020 9:45 am
Nose

87 87

Taste

88 88

Finish

89 89
DerDennis! scored this whisky 90 points
31 Oct 2020 11:49 pm
Nose

90 90

Taste

90 90

Finish

89 89

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