The 10 year old from Gordon and MacPhail’s Benromach distillery. Every batch maturation is 80% Bourbon barrel and 20% Sherry cask, married together for the final year in a first fill Oloroso Sherry cask. A rich sherry and fruit nose, find the hint of nutty chocolate. Taste it, roll it around your mouth. A bit of malt biscuit and very light smoke. A succulent mouth filling balance that lingers.
MATURATION: 80% ex-Bourbon, 20% ex-Sherry for 9 years—married back together in an Oloroso Sherry cask for the final, tenth year.
Tasting Notes
Nose: Dry, barley, big on malt and oak. Dry pine, fruity. A tad spirity. Sweet spices after a time and a hint of puckering prune from the sherry cask and maple fudge.
Taste: Barley, slightly herbal, a little fruit, grassy. Big on malt, ground ginger.
Finish: Mouthwateringly bittersweet. Ginger, dry sherry, almost hoppy after a while.
Reviews:
2022 – IWSC 95pts GOLD Medal
2020 – International Spirits Challenge GOLD
2020 – Scotch Whisky Masters GOLD
2021 – San Francisco World Spirits Competition Double Gold
