Benriach 1975 28 Year Old Dark Sherry Signatory

BenRiach 21 Year Old

This new 21 years old release from BenRiach was one of the first achievements of Master Blender Rachel Barrie, when she joined the company after leaving Morrison-Bowmore. For the compostion, she used no less than 4 types of casks: bourbon, virgin oak, PX sherry and red wine casks (if memory serves, Rioja). The nose is very sweet and a touch...

Score 85/100

Benriach 17 Year Old Solstice 2 Peated Port Finish

I opened this one up about a year and a half ago after reading some good reviews about the First Edition and I wasn't too impressed. It was decent enough, mind you. But I'm always looking for something spectacular. Maybe that's my fault. Of late I've got into the habit of re-visiting bottles I opened up a while ago and did not really fall in love....

Score 87/100

BenRiach 25 Year Old 1996 Liquid Treasures

A BenRiach of a quarter of a century old, that's something I will take my time for. Liquid Treasures bottled these in their so-called 'Retro Series', with matching retro label. It is a single hogshead that yielded 246 bottles, although dropped (or reduced?) to 45.6%. Light and summery nose on all kinds of yellow fruit with a cartload of vanilla,...

Score 85/100

Benriach 12 Year Old Arumaticus Fumosus - Peated Dark Rum Cask

BenRiach has experimented with peaty spirit and then – giving the result some silly name – bottled it. This Arumaticus Fumosus is one of them, from 2012. It is peated spirit from this normally sweet Speysider, finished on dark rum casks from Jamaica. It used to sell for around 40 EUR, but nowadays has become a bit hard to find. It certainly works...

Score 83/100