Benromach 10 Year Old

The independent bottler Gorden & MacPhail is owner of Speyside’s smallest operating distillery since 1993: Benromach. Today I’m trying the ‘new’ Benromach, i.e. whisky that has been distilled and matured since G&M took over. In 1998 production resumed and in October 2009 this Benromach 10 Year Old appeared. It contains 80% bourbon matured and 20% sherry matured whisky. After 9 years in those casks, the whisky matured a further 12 monhts in sherry casks.

There is quite some oak and malt on the nose here with added farmy notes. It reminds me of damp moss. With patience, you’ll also get some vanilla and heather flowers. The whole is surrounded by a whiff of smoke. But I find it a tad too spirity.

He’s quite creamy with a spicy attack. But soon that evolves into a soft and fruity dram with roasted nuts, walnuts and the bitterness of almonds. Again, the whole is complemented by some smoke, that surprises with its restrained nature.

The finish is medium in lenght and reminds me of a barbecue cooling down.

A surprising smokey speysider, to say the least. Not really my type of dram, but very well made indeed. It can easily lie 5 years.

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