This exquisite single malt has been crafted from peated spirit and four cask matured for at least thirty years in sherry casks, bourbon barrels, virgin oak casks and port casks from the Douro Valley. During long maturation Benriachs sweet Speyside smoke mellows and integrates with the fruit, malt and oak.

After thirty years, rich layering develops into sublime honeyed smoke, further enhanced through multi-layered cask maturation. The whisky from each cask type, imbued with particular flavour characteristics, is then expertly married together to create an exquisitely harmonious single malt, layered with dark fruits, rich walnut and velvety oak spice with a long, complex, smoked honey finish. All in perfect balance.

“Benriach digs into the vaults for this rare gem, and its atour de force. The maturity shows at once, with an antique note of well-aged peat char and dark sherried aromas of dried figs and raisins. The palate offers flavors of cooked berries and baked apple, along with candle wax, dark chocolate, and roasted espresso beans. It all finishes with rich chocolate, old spice rack, and a parting note of ashy peat. A complete whisky.” – David Fleming, Whisky Advocate

Tasting Notes:

COLOUR: Mahogany

NOSE: Stewed plum, baked orange, smoked walnut and cinnamon cocoa

PALATE: Dark fruit, manuka honey and chocolate raisin, with a long and complex smoked honey finish

SMOKE LEVEL: Complex