Benriach 1977 34 Year Old Adelphi

BenRiach 17 Year Old Burgundy Wood Finish

This 17 Year Old Speysider was launched in 2010, together with the Rioja and Claret Wood finishes. It matured on bourbon oak barrels and got a finish in Burgundy casks, well known wine from France like the red Pinot Noir or the white Chardonnay. On the nose, I get summer berries, strawberries, roasted almonds and humus. Even a heavy trace of...

Score 79/100

Benriach 20 Year Old

The BenRiach 20 was one of the first single malts I had ever purchased in my life - thanks to an overly eager salesperson. And I remember absolutely hating it! It tasted so vile I never wanted to see another BenRiach again in my life. So it was with a sense of trepidation that three years later I decided to re-visit the same bottle and see if my...

Score 82/100

Benriach 15 Year Old Madeira Wood Finish

Slightly complex but the flavour profiles aren't my favourite. The nose starts off strong with notes of oil, iodine and pine. Through those strong scents are the sweetness of toffee and slight orange citrus. The taste comes in thick and strong moving towards oak, pine and a slight peat taste. Not the most complex, but definitely earthy and woody....

Score 74/100

BenRiach Heart of Speyside

Since 2004, the BenRiach distillery is owed by a private consortium, that put down casks for maturation in 2004 (so the production was uninterrupted), but they plan to bottle that whisky no sooner than 2016. So everything you taste from this distillery now, was still produced by the previous owners. There are quite a few expressions, as can be...

Score 80/100