52,8°
Distillery : The BenRiach - Speyside
1st Fill Ex-Bourbon and American Virgin Oak Casks
Original Bottling
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2021
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Peated around 45 ppm
Released in early 2021, this ageless whisky is here to defend a certain idea of peat. Made entirely from peated barley, cask strength, without chill filtration, this is arguably one of the rare Speyside Peat Bombs. From what I've read, the whisky is 8 to 10 years old, and with a double maturation, you can estimate that it is more or less refined. This is a limited edition, and we can expect a new batch each year.
Let's Taste It :
Right from the start, the nose is full of country peat, sweet, earthy and vegetal. Hay, dry straw, even a little manure, all mingling with a very pleasant vanilla, candy sugar, candied rhubarb, genoise, dried banana and mirabelle plum. On the palate, it's more lemon pulp, a dash of salt and spices, pepper, cumin and ginger. Brown sugar in the background. Finally, a strong, well-managed finish, charcoal and humus, loose earth, fertiliser, cereals, some dried fruits.
In Short,
It's very pleasant, very robust without being a slap in the face, there's a bit of subtlety, it's fruity and pleasant too, easy to drink. That said, I found it a bit monochromatic, very bourbony, it's slightly below the Smoky Twelve which I found much more complex and deep. So, not sure I'd recommend buying it even though it's good.
Score : 86
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Earthside - Crater
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