Benromach 17 Year Old Sherry Finish Centenary Bottling Gordon & Macphail

Benromach 10 Year Old 2001 Distillery ‘Fill your own’

When visiting a distillery, one often gets the chance to fill a bottle from a cask in the visitor center. It is no different at Benromach. The sample that I am trying today was filled by Teun van Wel, Dutch whisky aficionado and self employed travel agent. Teun filled his bottle with number 62 on 28th April 2011. It came from bourbon cask 98,...

Score 86/100

Benromach Organic

Organically sourced barley + organically sourced barrels = organic scotch whisky. Matured in first fill American oak and entirely un-peated. * Nose: sweet, caramel, pears, some almost or marzipan, vanilla and honey * Pallet: smooth, sweet, some spice, vanilla and almond again, ever so slightly tannin. * Finish: light burbon, pallet fades out,...

Score 80/100

Benromach Batch 2 (Port pipes)

Last night I had chance to taste two great Whiskys. Batch 2 (Port pipes) was one of them. This Batch was distilled in 1999. First of Benromach expression that is fully matured in wine cask. Typically for them this is very down to earth kind of bottle. Very sweet... only on taste, in spirit it kicks an punch. This is a Whisky for young modern man....

Score 85/100

Benromach Sassicaia Wood Finish

This interesting bottling features malt distilled in 2004, matured in a combination of bourbon barrels and sherry casks (for I think five years?), then finished for 18 months in Sassicaia wine casks from Bolgheri in Tuscany. Not sure if I've ever tasted Sassicaia wine (probably not) - if you have, let me know what it's like! The colour is a rich,...

Score 85/100