56,7°
Distillery : Benromach - Speyside
1st Fill Bourbon Barrel
Independent Bottling
By La Maison du Whisky
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2024
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Peated around 12 ppm
Among the Benromachs released by La Maison du Whisky as part of the Artist #14 series, this 20-year-old has been aged exclusively in a 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel, before being transferred to 181 bottles. The label features a work by Logovarda entitled Untitled 3. The cask number being 666, we can expect something devilish.
Let's Taste It :
The nose is more cereal-like, fatter, with puffed rice, semolina with milk, lemon zest, creamy vanilla, light peat. A pinch of salt, herbal touches, hay and speculoos. Honeyed freshness. On the palate, it's barely fruity, lime, mirabelle plum, then smooth and mineral vanilla, a hint of peat and a few spices, nutmeg, cardamom, a mint leaf. Long, delicately maritime finish, with mushy cereals, oats, millet. It's vaguely woody, with whiffs of barnyard. Nuts, chestnuts.
In Short,
The difference is very slight with the 25 year old, perhaps because I drank them one after the other. The 25-year-old is sunnier, while the 20-year-old is fatter and milder. But both are very interesting and pleasant to drink. The price is a little less crazy for this one, but it's still exaggerated.
Score : 90
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Car Seat Headrest - High to Death
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