This is the final BenRiach review for now... This bottling is one of the batch released of single casks the distillery does from time to time - and as they also do with Glendronach.
This is a 1975 and about as old as casks get these days in the BenRiach warehouses... and many of these 70's bottlings are stuff of legends - absolutely crackers!
Let's try this one and see if it can live up to the expectations... and how it handles the port finish!
BenRiach 1975 (xx.07.2009) 33yo, 52,2%, peated, Tawny Port finish, cask#4450, Batch 6, 648 bottles, Distillery bottling
Colour is light amber with an orange hue
Nose:
Orangeries, spicy oak, red grapes, freshly squeezed garden fruits, almost no peat - only vague hints left.
Taste:
Extremely fruity, vinous too, again just very small amounts of peat, honey, soft tropical fruits, loads of pineapple, dominant peach and some apricot and with a hint of blackcurrant and anise on the finish.
This is one of those finishes that has worked beyond belief - what a cracker!
I just wanted to keep sipping this one... :-)
91/100!
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