Benromach 2002 Pedro Ximenez Finish

Benromach Cask Strength 2002

This was the end of our Benromach Tasting and it was a good way to end, full strength, no nonsense lets see what Benromach is all about * Nose: really sweet, vanilla, heather honey, slightly creamy. With Water honey, big BIG vanilla, also some floral tones emerging, some fruit and a kind of sawdust note. * Pallet: citrus notes really come out,...

Score 87/100

Benromach 2002 Peat Smoke

“With no disrespect to Islay we didn’t want to produce a big peaty Islay style whisky. We wanted something with the phenols coming through but retaining the sweetness, softness and the malt’s spiciness. The idea was to create a peated whisky which nodded to the Highlands and to the west coast, but was still unique to here.” Distillery Manager...

Score 86/100

Benromach 10 Year Old

The reviewed sample was compliments of @Nock, from a bottle opened 8 weeks ago, and approximately 80% full Nose: very pleasant medium-sweet peat of strong intensity; slight grapey wine flavours; relatively fragrant underlying malt; some high-pitched crystalline sugar. This is mellow, yet with sufficient strength of flavour...a good solid nose ...

Score 86/100

Benromach 2006 Peat Smoke / Bot.2016

I'm a big fan of Benromach! I adore the 15, the 10/100 is (was) a tour de force and the 10 is, in my humble opinion, possibly the best value ten year old currently available. I've always liked how the peat is integrated into the style so I've been keen to see how it holds up to an eye-brow raising 62ppm. It's also from 100% first fill...

Score 85/100