The BenRiach Distillery Company
ABV 57.6%
Rich and viscous and packed with flavour. Develops some elegance with water.
Owen Barstow
The BenRiach
Bottler
1976 (bottled for Craigellachie Hotel)
Expression
Single Malt
Type
No age statement
Age (Years)
2005
Year of Bottling
57.6%
ABV
Speyside
Region/Country
Independent Bottling
Bottling Type
Taster
Nose: Light and sweet. Coconut ice. Some marshmallow and vanilla. Creamy.
Palate: Oily, fiery, sugary. Some vegetal bitterness. Creamier and more rounded with water.
Finish: Warming. Late, sweet and bitter, liquorice notes. Remember 'Imps'
Comment: Rich and viscous and packed with flavour. Develops some elegance with water.
Score: 7.3
Taster
Nose: Peach and strawberry yoghurts, Refresher sweets, carrots and pears. With time and water a slightly silagey element appears, but recovers to show admirable balance of fruit, earth and wood.
Palate: Buttery, fruity and a slurpy suck of toffee.
Finish: A light burnt-woodiness indicating some age and a slight minerally, coal-tar edge.
Comment: Very enjoyable and marked up for balance and poised integration.
Score: 8.5
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