53,5°
Distillery : Benrinnes - Speyside
2d Fill Sherry Butts
Independent Bottling
By Elixir Distillers
Limited Edition
Single Malt
Bottled in 2024
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured
Totally Unpeated
More news about this crazy venture undertaken by Livingston and Elixir Distillers, which is to release an original bottling for each character in the tragedy of Macbeth. Here we have a 12-year-old Benrinnes, matured in Refill Sherry Butts, which yielded a total of 2,400 bottles.
Let's Taste It :
It is very creamy and mellow, with egg custard, pastry cream, raisins, runny caramel, dates, beeswax, melted butter, mandarin orange, and a few subtle red berries. Overall, beautiful balance. On the palate, it offers melt-in-the-mouth toffee, apple compote, ripe mirabelle plums, soy sauce and, once again, a hint of red berries. The spices are subtle but add complexity, with cinnamon, rosemary and pepper. The finish is woody, long and quite powerful, caramel, treacle, milk chocolate, dried meat, redcurrants. A few cereals.
In Short,
It's a lovely little bottling, with sherry enhancing the character and identity of the distillery, and the fairly high alcohol content adding power. Typical of Benrinnes, it has a rounded, mellow flavour. The price seems fair to me, and fans of this profile should take an interest.
Score : 88
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Bjorn Winther - The Ghost
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