Benriach 1984 21 Year Old Sherry Cask Single Malts of Scotland

Benriach 13 Year Old Maderensis Madeira Finish

BenRiach 13 year old Madeira Finish, known as "Maderensis Fumonsus", was the number one treat for me at our Speyside blind tasting. I guess I've learned something about BenRiach, 'cause I managed to guess the distillery and age. BenRiach has found it's way to my heart, they surely know how to make a peaty whisky versatile without losing...

Score 88/100

BenRiach 34 Year Old 1975 OB for The Whisky Agency

BenRiach from 1975… that sounds familiar. Oh, yes, I already tried the 33 Year Old on port cask that couldn’t really convince me. But I also had the 35 Year Old 1975 for Asta Morris which was the best BenRiach I have ever tasted (along with a 1976 for La Maison du Whisky). This one is from a bourbon cask. Oh, my, this nose immediately immerses you...

Score 92/100

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

BenRiach The Original Ten

Late summer 2020 BenRiach launched a new core range. Bottles and tubes got a new look, but more importantly: Rachel Barrie (my muze with Auchentoshan a few years ago, remember?) created this new ‘The Original Ten’ from a completely new recipe. Three types of wood come into play: bourbon, sherry and virgin oak. A tidbit of knowledge: this is the...

Score 82/100