Benromach 2003 KWM Bourbon Cask #49

Tasting Notes

Andrew's Tasting Note

Nose: toasted almonds, peanut brittle and buttercream icing; burnt orange peel, baker's chocolate and dried apricots; Midori melon and canteloupe liqueur; building ashy smoke and muddy peat.

Palate: round, fruity, buttery, and decadent; clean wood smoke surges over the palate leaving a lashing of ash, green grasses, and muddy peat; very creamy with a lush mouthcoating body and more buttercream; fleshy orchard and citrus fruits: more melons, orange peel and apricot; it verges on the tropical if you are patient enough to let it open up; toasted oak spices and marzipan to round things out.

Finish: long, warming, and smoky, with a lush pillowy body; it remains, creamy, fruity and decadent.

Comment: this may not be Islay malt, but it is in that class, and far more heavily peated than the standard Benromach range; the peat is held in check by creamy decadent oak tones and the lush fruity Benromach spirit; she's a beauty... but beware if your not a fan of peat!