Benriach 1984 27 Year Old Peated Tawny Port Finish

BenRiach That Boutique-y Whisky Co Benriach / Batch 2

Yesterday I reviewed a couple of Macallans, so I thought I'd stick with the Speyside malt theme. This one is a NAS BenRiach, bottled by That Boutique-y Whisky Company. As the distillery now does their own maltings, the label shows a couple of monkeys turning the barley with their shovels, complaining about needing a massage! Only 58 bottles were...

Score 90/100

BenRiach 10 Year Old 2008 Old Particular

An older bottling from Douglas Laing in their popular Old Particular series. BenRiach supplied the malt. Distilled in August 2008 and bottled in August 2018, so ten years old. Blood oranges, nectarines, baked pears, overripe melon and apricots. That’s the nose in a nutshell. Add the smell of cedar wood and it’s complete. Oily on the plate, quasi...

Score 83/100

BenRiach 23 Year Old 1984 Single Malts of Scotland

Single Malts of Scotland is a subsidiary of Specialty Drinks, owner Sukhinder Singh who is also the strong man behind the London company The Whisky Exchange. This bottle was already released in 2008, but I found one at a recent festival and took a sample home. It is a heavily peated BenRiach, drawn from a single cask. The nose offers some...

Score 87/100

BenRiach ‘Generations’ 1988 Gaja barolo Cask #4423 (Singapore)

Nose: A bit of apple cider on the nose which does not stay a long time… better give this one a little time to breath as we call it. ,On second wave come some dried figs cherubs and spice. then a lot of fig jam on buttered bread and some dough and vanilla. Palate: Dried fruit compote. Winey tannins Sweet juices juxtaposed by espresso and dark...

Score 90/100