Benromach 2000 Madeira Wood Finish

Benromach 10 Year Old

It's the final weekend of my home vacation, so I thought I'd go through some samples and do some comparisons. First off, we have two Benromachs. This distillery (founded in 1898) is currently owned by independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail, who purchased it in 1993 after it had been closed and dismantled ten years earlier by UDV. It is a very...

Score 84/100

Benromach 12 Year Old

The Benromach 10 has gotten a lot of attention lately, but it seems we don’t have it here in Taiwan. Instead, we’ve got a 12 year old OB which doesn’t seem to exist in the rest of the world. I can’t find much information online about it. It might be one of those “just in Taiwan” cases. I contacted Benromach to learn more about this bottle’s...

Score 87/100

Benromach Cask Strength 2002

This was the end of our Benromach Tasting and it was a good way to end, full strength, no nonsense lets see what Benromach is all about * Nose: really sweet, vanilla, heather honey, slightly creamy. With Water honey, big BIG vanilla, also some floral tones emerging, some fruit and a kind of sawdust note. * Pallet: citrus notes really come out,...

Score 87/100

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