Benrinnes 2010 Cask Strength Collection New Vibrations 12 yo

 

 

 

57,6°

Distillery : Benrinnes - Speyside

1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Butt Finish

Independent Bottling 

By Signatory Vintage 

Limited Edition 

Single Cask 

Bottled in 2023

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength

Totally Unpeated

 

 

 

This is the second bottling I've had the chance to taste, among those specially released by Signatory Vintage for Whisky Live 2023, and which will be distributed by La Maison du Whisky via the Collection New Vibrations. This is a 12-year-old Benrinnes, and like its predecessor, it has been finished in an Oloroso Sherry Butt. Logically, the first maturation took place in a Bourbon Barrel. 683 bottles are on sale, exactly the same number as for the Linkwood, if this is a coincidence, it's a big one.

 

 

 

Let's Taste It :   

Quite dark and intense sherry, leather, red fruits, blackberries, bilberries, cranberries, and all that sort of things. Earthy hints, with bark and heather. Clove and chocolate. On the palate, fermented cherries, gooseberries, blackcurrants, vinous notes with muscat grapes and very mastered oakiness. Lively spices, nutmeg, pepper and cardamom. The finish is long, full-bodied and velvety, with cocoa powder, sandalwood, fruit jelly and ginger. Some charcoal notes to finish. Crushed chestnuts.

In Short, 

This time, the influence of the finishing cask is intense and masks the distillate a little. I don't know much about this distillery, but this bottling isn't going to help me with that. The Sherry is very well made, gourmand, deep and complex. It does lack a little originality and personality, though. The price is high without being outrageous.

Score : 88

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