Benrinnes 15 Year Old 1st Release Flora & Fauna Flora

Benrinnes 23 Year Old 1995 Signatory for Jan Vissers

This is already the fifth edition in Jan Vissers’ so-called Italian Car Series. Yes, Jan has a soft spot for Italian race cars. The label sports a so-called ‘Sharknose’, a Ferrari 156 that Belgian racer Willy Meiresse drove to victory in the 1962 Grand Prix of Naples. It’s a single hogshead that was put to sleep on 17th October 1995 and bottled at...

Score 87/100

Benrinnes 21 Year Old 1995 The Golden Cask

You only come across a handful of official releases from Benrinnes, but the independent bottlers like it. About 95% of the annual production of this Speysider is intended for the blenders. For example, you can find Benrinnes in the blends of Johnnie Walker, J&B and Crawfords. I managed to put a single cask from 1995 on the lips from the Golden...

Score 87/100

Benrinnes 1978/1995 G&M Centenary Reserve

From Gordon&Macphail’s 1995 centennial celebrations comes our first entry for Benrinnes, a vintage release from 1978. Who on the bottling line would have thought it would take another two decades before someone finally tasted this one?? --- Description: distilled in 1978, matured for 17 years and bottled at 40.0% ABV in 1995 for G&M’s...

Score 81/100

Benrinnes 17 Year Old 1997 Adelphi

In 1896 Benrinnes was ravaged by a great fire and the owners needed some serious reconstruction to get it up and running again. In 1956 it was renovated anew and in 1964 the malt floor was replaced by a Saladin Box – which in turn was retired in 1984. Today about 95% of the production goes to the blenders – Johnnie Walker is the biggest client –...

Score 86/100