Ben Nevis 15 Year Old 1993 Ibisco Decanter Signatory

Ben Nevis Single & Single Ben Nevis 21 yo

**Nose:** Not surprising – but this one’s packed with dried fruit : plum, date, sultana, it has got it all. thick rich, sherry influence, with some winter spice, chocolate, and quite a lot of polished wood, which is nice. **Palate:** Thick and rich, and would benefit quite nicely from a few drops of water, Xmas cake, more dried fruit, and some...

Score 90/100

Ben Nevis 18 Year Old 1996 The Whisky Mercenary for Whisky Troef

Whisky Troef is a Belgian malt whisky club. For their most recent club bottling they asked Jürgen Vromans – aka The Whisky Mercenary – to select a cask. He offered them a lesser known malt: Ben Nevis. It is mostly known as the fingerprint malt for Long John and other blends, but not so common as a single malt. The nose is hearty and rich on...

Score 88/100

Ben Nevis 16 Year Old 1997 The Whiskyman

My experience with Ben Nevis is rather limited. This is only my eight. The older ones were all truly lovely while the younglings were more hit and miss. This teenager from the Age Matters series by The Whiskyman matured for 16 years on – I presume – a bourbon cask. Ha, guimauve! Always special to find this on the nose of a whisky. Does not happen...

Score 84/100

Ben Nevis 12 Year Old 2006 Hidden Spirits

I don’t believe I have every tried a peaty Ben Nevis. This 12 years old from 2006, bottled at cask strength by the Italian company Hidden Spirits, matured on a heavily peated sherry cask. Not sure what to think of that. And I confess, it’s a dirty brown. Almost looks like rusty water. Well, no time like the present, I suppose. Okay, let me just...

Score 85/100