BENRINNES 2011 OVER 10 ARTIST #12

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Equipped with two wash stills and four spirits stills since 1966, Benrinnes practised partial triple distillation up until 2009. Having since returned to the more classic practice of double  distillation, it now produces a heavier, more ‘animal’ single malt than many of its Speyside peers. Although heavily influenced by its first-fill sherry cask maturation, this especially loquacious and extroverted version nonetheless remains deeply rooted in its region. This is reflected in the many divinely malty sequences found in its palette of flavours and aromas.

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TASTING NOTES


Colour:
orangey copper with glints of mahogany.

Nose: rich, deep. The deeply complex first nose reveals endless notes of apricot rancio, beeswax, lime blossom honey, heady florals (hyacinth, pansy), toffee, Turkish delight, milk chocolate, sweet spices (cumin, ginger), fresh coriander, candied orange, melon, camphor, verbena, grilled walnut, carnation and malted barley.

Palate: full-bodied and creamy. With a wonderfully delicate texture, the attack is apricot, chocolatey, tertiary (mushroom, moss) and balsamic (cough sweets, pine). The rich mid-palate wavers between flavours of mocha coffee, spice bread, salted butter caramel and melon ice cream. Nuts (chestnut, sweet chestnut, walnut) then gradually appear alongside notes of fermentation (grist) and exotic fruits (mango, banana, pineapple).

Finish: long, very energetic. At the start of the finish, notes of cough sweet and pine resin return in force and bring a very pleasant freshness to the flavour palette. Next, flavours of candied apricot, geranium flower and ginger bring both energy and smoothness to the end of the finish. On the retro-nasal olfaction, still-warm brioche and Paris-Brest cake highlight the finish’s sweetness. The empty glass is liquorice, oily (sesame, sunflower) and cocoa.

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Weight 1.170 kg
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