Benromach 2014 Artist #14 Legendary Distilleries 10 yo

 

 

 

60,4°

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

 

 

 

Within the Artist #14 range, launched on the occasion of Whisky Live Paris 2024, there is a Legendary Distilleries section, dedicated to a particular distillery, this year it's Benromach, highlighted by 5 bottlings, including this one, the youngest, distilled in 2014 and aged in a 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel, to give way to its vigour and the ardour of its youth. 238 bottles were issued, with priority given to the French market. The label features a work by Logovarda entitled Sans Titre 1.

Let's Taste It : 

The nose is relatively complex, with yellow fruits, blood oranges, vanilla, banana, a zest of lemon, a few drops of honey, beeswax, mirabelle plums, and finally a light mineral touch: chalk and quartz, a pinch of salt, malted cereals. On the palate, it's more pungent, with more character and spices that bring out the fruit, cinnamon, ginger and cloves. Delicate herbal and menthol notes, gentian. The finish is long and powerful, with juicy pear, somewhat jostled by a delicate peat, shortbread biscuits, chestnuts and reeds.

In Short, 

The Bourbon cask softens the youthfulness of this one, resulting in a very fruity nose, but with more liveliness on the palate and on the finish. The result is a powerful, taut Benromach, somewhere between the sweetness of the cask and the power of youth. The price is yet a little high for what it is, though affordable. Fans can treat themselves.

Score : 88

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                           To Be Listened While Sipping :

 

                                           Rowena Wise - Oh Man