Benrinnes 1976 Connoisseurs Choice Gordon & Macphail

Benrinnes Stronachie 10 by AD Rattray

I was on a bit of a shopping spree when I came across this funny sounding whisky. What's a Stronachie? I asked my self. Never heard of it. Tried to do a bit of research but there was precious little. After much digging I managed to unearth some facts. Independent bottlers AD Rattray wanted to re-create spirit from a closed distillery and decided...

Score 86/100

Benrinnes 21 Year Old 1995 Signatory for The Nectar

Belgian importer The Nectar regularly selects beautiful single casks. This is one of those from the lesser known Speysider Benrinnes, which appeared in Signatory’s Un-Chillfiltered series, but at cask strength. Oh! Yes! This nose is classic Benrinnes (very fruity, medium sweet, mildly drying oak), but with benefits in the guise of pencil shavings,...

Score 87/100

Benrinnes 15 Year Old 2005 Single Cask Seasons

The Single Cask Seasons is a special series by Signatory Vintage. This is their ‘spring 2020’ release, a 15 years old Benrinnes that was finished on a sherry butt. It was bottled especially for the German company Kirsch Import. Pleasant nose on apples, pears, raisins and blackberries, even though the delicious fruit is immediately overpowered by...

Score 86/100

Benrinnes 1997 / 19 Year Old / Signatory

At the foot of the Ben Rinnes Mountain you’ll find this distillery of the same name. Founded in 1826, completely washed away in the 1829 Great Speyside Floods and rebuilt in 1835, this is a lesser known distillery of which 95% of production goes to the blenders. Official bottlings are few and far between. Let’s try a recent release by Signatory in...

Score 84/100