Benriach 12 Year Old Berry Bros & Rudd

Benriach 16 Year Old Sauternes Finish

This summer, I visited my friend @Expensivevino, where I got to taste this BenRiach. It matured for about 15 years in American oak and was then finished in wine casks from Château D’Yquem Premier Cru Supérieur Sauternes from the French Bordeaux region. Very fruity nose with apple, pear and melon, but also slightly tropical. Pineapple, maybe? The...

Score 81/100

BenRiach The Smoky Twelve

The new core range of BenRiach consists of a 10 and 12 years old, both unpeated and peated. The fun part is the fact that all four expressions are made up of different cask types. That makes it quite interesting in my book. This Smoky Twelve is a vatting of bourbon and sherry casks, but also Marsala wine casks. Intriguing, no? Must be nice for Dr...

Score 85/100

Benriach Solstice 15 Year Old Peated Port Finish

In January 2011, BenRiach launched the 15 Year Old Solstice, a heavily peated version that got a Tawny Port Pipe finish after the regular maturation on bourbon barrels. It was very well received, which prompted the distillery in releasing a second edition. It has slept a bit longer, because this is a 17 Year Old. The port casks came from the Duoro...

Score 86/100

BenRiach Benriach single cask batch 14 vintage 2008 Peated Marsala cask #7880

Nose: Sweet stewed fruit in syrup, earthy peat, but quite soft, with a nice sweet smoky edge. burnt leaves, quite earthy in a way and also dusty. not your everyday Marsala cask, but lovely. more fruit return on the 2nd wave of aromas. quite restrained for the ABV. Palate: Sweet fruity start, with a woody backbone, which adds bitterness to balance...

Score 88/100