Benriach Curiositas 10 Year Old Peated

Benriach Curiositas 10 Year Old Peated

The reviewed sample is compliments of @Pudge72. Curiositas is 10 yo, and is in a peated style Nose: pleasant mellow fragrant peat and smoke of moderate intensity, with a little sweet lemon in the background, and a little cereal flavour from barley. A first quality nose. Water homogenised and sweetened the nose Taste: the peat expresses on the...

Score 89/100

Benriach Curiositas 10 Year Old Peated

Powerful nose of iodine, peat and paint thinner, becomes muted with a drop of water. Pale yellow colour, with medium body. Medicine-y at first bite, but with water focuses the flavours down to a rich cough syrup and heavy phenolic flavour.

Score 65/100

Benriach Curiositas 10 Year Old Peated

I bought this bottle from Binny’s in September of 2010 after first trying a BenRiach 50mL tasting. Since then I have bought two other batches of Curiositas neither of which where as good as this one. If the L number is similar to Ardbeg then this bottle was filled in 2004. That would have made it one of the first batches of Curiositas made by the...

Score 89/100

Benriach Curiositas 10 Year Old Peated

I’ve always been adamant about my love for this distillery. When I try something from them, I WANT to like it. Usually I do. With such a variety of products, it’s often hit or miss with these guys. This 10 yo Curiositas is a hit. Here’s my take on it. Nose: Cola and ginger ale on the nose. There’s a strong honey character here. Frosted Flakes...

Score 87/100