Kirsch Import not too long ago secured two single cask Benromach whiskies. A bourbon barrel and a sherry hogshead, each kind of the identical age.
Benromach 10 yo 2013 (61,1%, OB for Kirsch Import 2024, first fill bourbon barrel #835, 231 btl.)
Nostril: good vanilla ice cream up entrance, with peaches, oranges and limes. Additionally candy apples earlier than it will get extra ashy. Hints of maritime smoke and delicate camphor. Then minty notes, some leather-based and a mixture of maritime herbs. Very elegant and typical for the model.
Mouth: fairly punchy, with comparable flavours. A pleasant fruity notice at its base (lime, apples, juicy stone fruits) with a creamy vanilla notice. Some paraffin and honey. Then ashy and barely farmy notes, together with a marked chalky dryness. Seawater and barely sharper citrus as nicely (grapefruit).
End: fairly lengthy, nonetheless ashy, with extra of this citrus / chalk combo.
A tad sharp and nervous maybe, however we’ll all the time have a candy spot for this frivolously smoky Benromach profile. Purchase one now and put it away for later, I’m certain this can come out marvelously in a few a long time. Accessible in a number of German shops, verify Kirsch Import if you happen to want extra data.
Benromach 10 yo 2014 (59,6%, OB for Kirsch Import 2024, first fill sherry hogshead #486, 305 btl.)
Nostril: walnuts and tobacco leaves. Unlit matchstick heads as nicely. Autumnal leaves and forest flooring, in addition to some natural tea and nutmeg. Comparable leathery notes and ashes like we discovered within the bourbon cask, right here considerably amplified by the sherry cask.
Mouth: fairly sturdy, with a number of European oak. Natural tea, hints of orange bitter, walnuts, scorched thyme. Then aniseed, blackberries and moist soil. Darkish cocoa powder with ginger. Nonetheless a number of tobacco and different drying leaves, with hints of espresso and fairly soiled smoke.
End: very lengthy, with loads of pepper and ginger, together with orange peels, extra espresso and scorched herbs.
In comparison with sister cask #624 we had some time in the past, this appears extra autumnal, extra sturdy, extra roasted and extra intense. There’s an enormous savoury facet to it – in all probability an enormous hit amongst cigar people who smoke. Rating: 87/100
