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This bottle was featured on Day 14 of our 2022 KWM Whisky Calendar. You can read the blog post here
Also available in 50ml / Mini bottles
This is our first-ever KWM-selected single cask from Benrinnes Distillery. Only 199 total bottles, from an ex-Bourbon Barrel filled in 2010, and bottled after 11 years at a natural cask strength of 56%!
700ml mlAndrew's Tasting Note
Nose: soft, decadent, creamy, and floral; spiced crab apple jelly, quince paste and marzipan; dusty malt, a touch of musty oak and woody spices; rooibos tea dregs and fennel seeds.
Palate: still creamy, decadent, and floral with a soft approach and a firm malty base; shelled peanuts, fennel seeds, and more woody spices: licorice root, dried ginger, and cedar saunas; on the fruit side of things, baked apple, orange Starbursts, and zesty lime; creamy vanilla throughout.
Finish: medium long, warm, and coating with more juicy malt, gentle spice, creamy vanilla, and a tinge of citrus.
Comment: you don't see a lot of cask-strength single casks, even young ones, at this price point anymore, and that was half of the attraction; the other half was the whisky itself... this is a beautiful example of a young Benrinnes without a trace of any rough edges!
Evan’s Tasting Note
Nose: Marcona Almonds, sunflower seeds, milk chocolate, strawberry compote, and vanilla-flavoured Greek yogurt with slices of honeydew melon and Golden Delicious Apples.
Palate: Creamy and spicy with more apple and milk chocolate notes as well as Five Alive, peach and ginger tea, crème caramel, Kit Kat bar, and more oily and salty Marcona almonds.
Finish: Vanilla, milk chocolate and orchard fruits all the way down.
Comment: As this is one of our single casks, I have had the opportunity to taste it a few times. I suggest taking your time with this in the glass because it opens up beautifully and gets even better after breathing.
Producer Tasting Note
Nose: chocolate orange, marzipan, caramel with a hint of menthol.
Palate: oily and full-bodied, toffee and orange liqueur.
Finish: long, warming with more lingering milk chocolate.