Three Benromach

Benromach 10 yo (43%, OB, 2024)
Color: pale gold. Nostril: a delicate, mineral sherry, with impressions of mechanical stuff, toolboxes, oiled bike chain, bone marrow and suet. Some delicate, heathery peat within the background too, with additionally a properly coal-dusty and sooty edge. Has an old style character that nearly comes throughout as previous bottle impact, with these enjoyable notes that recommend metallic polish, metal wool and previous pewter hip flasks or consuming goblets. Mouth: graphite oil and muddy peat, with lanolin, relatively salty, drying sherry character and even a waxy facet that begins to emerge. Rugged and strong whisky that undoubtedly carries a component of older faculty appeal and charisma. Additionally provides a sense of mineral oils and a barely earthy, mossy high quality. End: medium size, extra delicate peaty and peppery notes, a properly oily high quality and a few extra salty sherry notes. Recollects some older Taliskers not directly. Feedback: bang on your buck! A charmingly composed mixture of full-bodied, barely older model distillate with elegant sherry affect and well-balanced peat. How usually do they put together batches of this bottling I’m wondering, ought to we count on some charming batch variation? Both manner, an excuse to strive it fairly recurrently I might say. 
SGP: 563 – 87 factors. 

Benromach 18 yo 2005/2024 (57.3%, OB for Hedonism Wines, #14197428, 1st fill sherry hogshead, 286 bottles)
A brand new bottling for the wonderful Hedonism Wines in London. Color: deep gold. Nostril: the 10yo at warp 9! That’s to say, this acquainted integration of soppy peat and sherry, however solely with far more assertive earthiness, spiced marmalade, light peat smoke, camphor and lots of elegant natural qualities, similar to bitters, teas and ointments. Additionally vibes of very previous liqueurs similar to Drambuie and Grand Marnier. With water: turns into extra mentholic, with pine resin, dried mint and eucalyptus impressions. Some crystallised ginger and citrus peels as nicely. Mouth: muscular, vibrant and meaty sherry, with pure tars, hardwood resins, leaf mulch, tobaccos and walnut wine. Some extra liqueurs, Inexperienced Chartreuse this time, and issues like toasted fennel seed, dried tarragon, verbena and woodruff. Add to that some aniseed and barely extra medicinal, cough syrup vibes too. With water: leans extra in direction of the gamier sides now, with animalistic touches, sport broth, suet, previous pinot noir and waxy qualities. End: lengthy, peppery, earthy, waxy, mentholated and elegantly peaty. This gamey, mineral and earthy, drying sherry dominates the aftertaste fantastically. Feedback: tip prime fashionable Benromach from a rugged and wonderful sherry cask. Love this tense, highly effective and sinewy profile. 
SGP: 463 – 90 factors. 

Benromach 21 yo 2002/2024 (56.6%, OB for Capital Whisky Membership, cask #971, 1st fill bourbon barrel, 170 bottles)
Color: gold. Nostril: inexperienced fruits and crushed nettles galore! Possesses this type of sharp, inexperienced, vigorous profile that makes you consider prime class New Zealand sauvignon blanc, with these notes of kiwi, gooseberry, grass, nettles, lime and passionfruit. This additionally has a wonderful waxiness together with a delicate, brittle and coastal peat smoke that brings to thoughts Nineteen Nineties Springbank of comparable age. Continues with shoe polish and flower honey. One thing for everybody! With water: extra natural now, some coconut and sandalwood, extra medicinal impressions with witchhazel and a contact of antiseptic. Mouth: terrific arrival, the fruitiness is a bit more sticky, candy and syrupy right here, extra flower nectars, candy honey, lime curd, barley water, waxes, pollens, sweetened breakfast cereals and fruit teas. With water: again to sharper inexperienced fruits, tart cider apples, greengage, lime and nettle as soon as once more. End: lengthy, on candied citrus peels, bergamot, lemon oil, waxes and camphor. Feedback: prime class older Benromach as soon as once more, virtually 91! These early 2000s casks appear to be unbeatable simply now. 
SGP: 653 – 90 factors.