BenRiach Whisky

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  BenRiach 12 years old Heart Of Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky 40%

  Item no.: 505956-807534-874

  BenRiach ran for two years after opening in 1898 and then stood silent for sixty-five more. The floor maltings sat untouched the whole way through, and when the distillery finally started again in 1965 the plant was much as it had been built.

  The expert's description

  BenRiach 12 years Heart Of Speyside is a Single Malt Scotch Whisky matured in oak casks and bottled at 40 %.

  Heart Of Speyside was the entry range of the distillery during the years under Billy Walker, who took over BenRiach in 2004 with a consortium and made the house a name in its own right after decades as a supplier to blends. The range was phased out when Brown-Forman bought the distillery in 2016 and reshaped the portfolio.

  BenRiach sits near Elgin in Speyside and is one of very few Scottish distilleries to have kept its floor maltings. The house works with three different spirits, unpeated, peated and triple distilled, which is unusual for a single site.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Flower honey, ripe pear and a touch of vanilla. Behind it sit pale oak and cereal.

  Palate

  Soft and malty with honey, apple and a lightly spiced edge. Forty per cent keeps it approachable the whole way.

  Finish

  Medium, dry and malty with a last breath of oak.

  Specifications

  Name: BenRiach 12 år Heart Of Speyside
  Distillery: BenRiach
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  Age: 12 years
  ABV: 40 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Oak casks
  Edition: Heart Of Speyside
  EAN no.: 5060088790076

  Flavour profile

  Soft · Honeyed · Fruity · Malty · Lightly spiced

  Investment potential

  Medium. Heart Of Speyside was phased out after the 2016 change of ownership and is no longer made. Bottlings from the Billy Walker period have drawn increasing collector attention, since that is when BenRiach became a brand in its own right.

  Did you know?

  BenRiach was closed from 1900 to 1965, but the floor maltings kept running for part of that time to supply malt to neighbouring Longmorn. That is why the plant still exists today.

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    107,00EUR
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  Benriach 2000/2021 Signatory 21 year old Sherry Butt Single Speyside Malt Whisky 59,2%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-197280001

  Twenty-one years in a sherry butt and still almost sixty per cent in the bottle. That only happens when the cask was filled high and the warehouse ran cool, and it says something about how little escaped through the wood along the way.

  The expert's description

  BenRiach 2000/2021 Signatory Vintage 21 years Cask Strength Collection is a Single Speyside Malt Whisky matured in a sherry butt, cask no. 6, and bottled at 59.2 % cask strength without chill filtration and without added colour.

  The whisky went into cask on 24 May 2000 and was drawn on 13 August 2021. The cask yielded 685 bottles, which fits a butt of that size, and no water was added. The 59.2 % is the natural strength of the cask after twenty-one years.

  The Cask Strength Collection is the Signatory range for single casks bottled exactly as they come from the warehouse. The series is used for casks the house judges able to carry full strength, and the malted core of BenRiach has the body required.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Dark fruit, walnut and orange peel with a deep sherry note. Behind it sit cocoa and old leather.

  Palate

  Very powerful and dense with raisin, fig and spiced oak. The strength bites, but the fruit holds its ground and settles as a layer on top.

  Finish

  Very long and warm with dark chocolate, nut and a dry, spiced close.

  Specifications

  Name: BenRiach 2000/2021 Signatory Vintage 21 år Cask Strength Collection
  Distillery: BenRiach
  Bottler: Signatory Vintage
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  Age: 21 years
  ABV: 59,2 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Sherry butt, cask no. 6
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  Distilled: 24 May 2000
  Bottled: 13 August 2021
  Number of bottles: 685
  Edition: Cask Strength Collection

  Flavour profile

  Sherry matured · Cask strength · Full bodied · Spiced · Nutty

  Investment potential

  High. Twenty-one year old BenRiach from a single sherry cask at cask strength is a rare combination, and spirit predating the 2016 Brown-Forman takeover grows harder to find in independent bottlings.

  Did you know?

  A sherry butt filled in 2000 would normally have dropped to around 50 per cent after twenty-one years. That this one still sits at 59.2 points to a cool, damp warehouse where water rather than alcohol evaporates fastest.

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    335,00EUR
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  BenRiach 2008/2018 Old Particular 10 years old Douglas Laing Single Speyside Malt Whisky 70 cl 48,4%

  Item no.: 22227865449-8100

  Three hundred and seventy bottles for the whole world. That is what a refill hogshead gives when it is emptied, and it is also the entire reason the Old Particular series exists. Douglas Laing does not marry casks here, they let them stand alone.

  The expert's description

  BenRiach 2008/2018 Old Particular 10 years is a Single Speyside Malt Whisky matured in a refill hogshead, cask no. DL12939, and bottled at 48.4 % without chill filtration and without added colour.

  Old Particular is the Douglas Laing range for single casks, where each bottling carries its own cask number and its own outturn. This cask was filled in December 2008 and emptied in December 2018, exactly ten years later, and gave 370 bottles.

  A refill hogshead gives up its influence slowly, and that is a deliberate choice with a ten year old whisky. The cask is not meant to take over but to let the malty, lightly honeyed core of BenRiach stand out clearly, and the bottling strength of 48.4 % keeps the texture intact.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Pale cereal, honey and green apple with a note of vanilla from the cask.

  Palate

  Clean and malty with honeyed sweetness, citrus peel and a light peppery edge. The cask stays in the background the whole way.

  Finish

  Medium and dry with malt, oak and a last touch of warmth.

  Specifications

  Name: BenRiach 2008/2018 Old Particular 10 år
  Distillery: BenRiach
  Bottler: Douglas Laing
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  Age: 10 years
  ABV: 48,4 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Refill hogshead, cask no. DL12939
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  Distilled: December 2008
  Bottled: December 2018
  Number of bottles: 370
  Edition: Old Particular

  Flavour profile

  Malty · Honeyed · Fresh · Dry · Lightly spiced

  Investment potential

  Medium. A single cask of 370 bottles cannot be recreated, and Old Particular has a steady following among collectors. BenRiach predating the 2016 change of ownership is also spirit that grows harder to find in independent bottlings.

  Did you know?

  Douglas Laing puts DL in front of every cask number so the cask can be traced back through the house archive. The system makes it possible to establish exactly when a cask was bought and what has happened to it since.

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    80,25EUR
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  BenRiach 2009 Cask Edition 11 years old Single Speyside Malt Whisky 70 cl 58,9%

  Item no.: 222555444-996321

  Nineteen casks for the entire world. Rachel Barrie walked the warehouse and picked them one by one for the Cask Edition series, and the Danish importer got a share of two. This is one of them, cask number 8562.

  The expert's description

  BenRiach 2009 Cask Edition 11 years is a Single Speyside Malt Whisky matured in an Oloroso sherry puncheon, cask no. 8562, and bottled at 58.9 % cask strength.

  The Cask Edition Collection is the distillery own range of single casks, selected by Master Blender Rachel Barrie. Nineteen casks were chosen for the whole world and distributed to markets individually rather than as a single release.

  The whisky went into cask on 8 May 2009 and was drawn after eleven years. A puncheon holds around 500 litres, the size of a butt, but it is shorter and wider, and the 693 bottles fit a cask of that type. The sherry is clear, but the 58.9 per cent gives it enough edge not to turn heavy.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Dark fruit, candied orange and walnut with a deep sherry note. Behind it sit spiced oak and a little cocoa.

  Palate

  Powerful and dense with raisin, dark chocolate and warm spice. The cask strength gives it bite, and the sherry fills out without turning sticky.

  Finish

  Long and warm with dried fruit, nut and a dry close of oak.

  Specifications

  Name: BenRiach 2009 Cask Edition 11 år
  Distillery: BenRiach
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  Age: 11 years
  ABV: 58,9 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Oloroso sherry puncheon, cask no. 8562
  Distilled: 8 May 2009
  Bottled: 2020
  Number of bottles: 693
  Edition: Cask Edition Collection

  Flavour profile

  Sherry matured · Cask strength · Full bodied · Spiced · Dark fruit

  Investment potential

  High. Nineteen casks for the whole world is a very small number for an official release, and single casks from the distillery itself are rarer than the independent ones. Selections made by Rachel Barrie also have a steady audience among collectors.

  Did you know?

  Rachel Barrie is one of the few female master blenders in Scotch whisky and looks after BenRiach, GlenDronach and Glenglassaugh at the same time. She started as a scientist at the Scotch Whisky Research Institute in 1991.

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    134,00EUR
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  BenRiach 2010/2022 Mossburn 11 years old Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whiskey 70 cl 62.5%

  Item no.: 059763-615-132

  Sixty-two point five per cent. That is not a figure you arrive at by accident after eleven years, and it means the cask stood dry and cool the whole way. Not a drop of water has been added, and you notice from the first sip.

  The expert's description

  BenRiach 2010/2022 Mossburn Vintage Casks 11 years is a Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky matured in a refill Pedro Ximenez hogshead and bottled at 62.5 % cask strength without chill filtration and without added colour.

  Vintage Casks is the Mossburn range for single casks, where the wood is selected by Master Blender Neil MacLeod Mathieson. The whisky went into cask on 1 December 2010 and was drawn on 7 November 2022, and the cask yielded 310 bottles.

  A refill Pedro Ximenez cask is an interesting decision. First fill PX can easily take over a whisky with its heavy sweetness, but a cask used before gives more sparingly and lets the malty core of BenRiach come through. The bottling is exclusive to Whisky.dk.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Dark fruit, raisin and brown sugar with a powerful alcohol warmth on top. Behind it sit malt and spiced oak.

  Palate

  Very powerful and concentrated with prune, date and dark chocolate. The sweetness of the PX cask meets a warm, almost peppery edge.

  Finish

  Very long and warm with dried fruit, spice and a dry close.

  Specifications

  Name: BenRiach 2010/2022 Mossburn Vintage Casks 11 år
  Distillery: BenRiach
  Bottler: Mossburn
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky
  Age: 11 years
  ABV: 62,5 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Refill Pedro Ximenez hogshead, batch no. 01.1210.SC39
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  Distilled: 1 December 2010
  Bottled: 7 November 2022
  Number of bottles: 310
  Edition: Vintage Casks
  EAN no.: 5060033847589

  Flavour profile

  Cask strength · Sherry matured · Dark fruit · Spiced · Full bodied

  Investment potential

  High. Three hundred and ten bottles from a single cask, released exclusively to one market, is a combination that cannot be repeated. The Mossburn Vintage Casks are made in small runs and disappear again quickly.

  Did you know?

  Pedro Ximenez is the sweetest of the sherry styles, made from grapes dried in the sun before pressing. The sugar content is so high that the wine is close to syrup, which is why PX casks leave such a clear mark on whisky.

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  BenRiach Dram Mor 10 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 55.5%

  Item no.: 22293-0235dmbr

  One hundred and ninety-nine bottles. That is what came out of the one cask Dràm Mòr bought, and it is enough to fill a single shelf in a single shop. Scottish micro bottlers work at that scale, and it is their entire reason for existing.

  The expert's description

  BenRiach Dràm Mòr 10 years PX Finish is a Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky finished in a 1st fill PX sherry hogshead and bottled at 55.5 % without chill filtration and without added colour.

  Dràm Mòr is a small Scottish bottling house run by Viktorija and Kenny Macdonald from Glasgow. They buy single casks, often give them a finishing period in selected wood and bottle them at cask strength without adjustments. This cask gave 199 bottles.

  The finish in first fill PX is short enough that the fruity character of BenRiach still fills the glass. It is a different approach from long sherry maturation, and the result reads cleaner and fruitier than a PX cask normally suggests.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Like a Sunday at Christmas with an assortment of chocolate treats, where the marshmallows carry a small hint of dark liquorice.

  Palate

  Fruitier and cleaner than you would expect from a BenRiach with a PX finish. The sweetness is there, but it sits beneath the fruit rather than on top of it.

  Finish

  Remarkable, with impressive length and character that hangs on and extends the pleasure.

  Specifications

  Name: BenRiach Dràm Mòr 10 år PX Finish
  Distillery: BenRiach
  Bottler: Dràm Mòr
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  Age: 10 years
  ABV: 55,5 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Finished in a 1st fill PX sherry hogshead
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  Number of bottles: 199
  Edition: Strictly Limited

  Flavour profile

  Fruity · Chocolate · Cask strength · Sherry matured · Long

  Investment potential

  High. One hundred and ninety-nine bottles is a very small outturn even by single cask standards, and Dràm Mòr releases rarely stay on the shelf. The cask cannot be recreated.

  Did you know?

  Dràm Mòr means big dram in Gaelic. The house was started in 2020 by a married couple, she from Lithuania and he from Scotland, and they still bottle everything themselves in small parcels.

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  BenRiach Heart of Speyside Single Highland Malt Whisky 40%

  Item no.: 22227865467-50

  No age on the label, no cask story, no named series. Just a distillery, a region and forty per cent. There is a certain honesty in a bottle that does not try to say more than it can back up.

  The expert's description

  BenRiach Heart of Speyside is a Single Speyside Malt Whisky without an age statement, matured in oak casks and bottled at 40 %.

  This is the younger of the two Heart of Speyside bottlings, the other carrying twelve years on the label. Without an age statement the distillery had a freer hand to assemble casks by taste rather than by number, which gave a profile held steady across the life of the range.

  The range belonged to the period under Billy Walker, who bought BenRiach in 2004 and turned the distillery into a brand in its own right after decades of mainly supplying malt to blends. Heart of Speyside was phased out after the 2016 change of ownership.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Pale cereal, honey and apple with a suggestion of vanilla. Simple and easy to read.

  Palate

  Soft and malty with honey and a touch of pear. No edges, and that is the intention.

  Finish

  Short to medium, dry and clean.

  Specifications

  Name: BenRiach Heart of Speyside
  Distillery: BenRiach
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  ABV: 40 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Oak casks
  Edition: Heart of Speyside

  Flavour profile

  Light · Soft · Honeyed · Malty · Fresh

  Investment potential

  Medium. The range was discontinued along with the rest of the Billy Walker portfolio, and bottlings from that period grow gradually harder to find. The version without an age statement is less sought after than the twelve year old.

  Did you know?

  For decades BenRiach sent virtually all of its production into blends and released almost no single malt under its own name before 2004. That is why the distillery is far less known than its neighbours in the Speyside, despite existing since 1898.

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  BenRiach Malting Season 2013/2022 Second Edition Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky 48,9%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-197280411

  The barley is spread across a stone floor, turned by shovel over several days and dried above the kiln. That is the slow way to malt, and it survives at only a handful of Scottish distilleries. Here the entire bottle is made from it.

  The expert's description

  BenRiach Malting Season Second Edition 2013/2022 is a Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky matured in 1st fill bourbon casks and bottled at 48.9 %.

  Malting Season is the distillery range made purely from barley malted on the house floor maltings. BenRiach is one of very few Scottish distilleries to have kept the facility, and it is only used in limited periods each year, which sets a natural ceiling on how much whisky the range can yield.

  The second edition was distilled in 2013 and bottled in 2022 after nine years in first fill bourbon wood. The fresh American oak gives vanilla and pale sugar, and because the malt was floor malted the cereal character stands out more clearly than in the other bottlings from the distillery.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Fresh barley, vanilla and pale sugar with a note of hay and baked bread.

  Palate

  Malty and creamy with honey, coconut and a touch of citrus. The cereal character takes up more room than in the other expressions from the distillery.

  Finish

  Long and dry with malt, vanilla and a lightly spiced close.

  Specifications

  Name: BenRiach Malting Season Second Edition 2013/2022
  Distillery: BenRiach
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky
  Age: 9 years
  ABV: 48,9 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: 1st fill bourbon casks
  Distilled: 2013
  Bottled: 2022
  Edition: Malting Season Second Edition
  EAN no.: 5060716143229

  Flavour profile

  Malty · Vanilla · Creamy · Honeyed · Dry

  Investment potential

  High. The range is limited by how much barley the distillery can malt on its own floors, and each edition is made only once. Floor malted whiskies are a small category in Scotch whisky and hold a steady audience among collectors.

  Did you know?

  The floor maltings at BenRiach stood idle from 1999 and were brought back into use in 2013. Malting Season Second Edition is made from barley from that very restart, which makes the 2013 vintage the starting point of the range.

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    201,00EUR
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  BenRiach Malting Season First Edition Single Speyside Malt Whisky 70 cl 48,7%

  Item no.: 22227865479-2021-10-0002

  The first edition of anything is the one people remember. Malting Season started here, with barley from the distillery own floor maltings and a decision to make whisky the slow way again, long after the rest of the trade had stopped.

  The expert's description

  BenRiach Malting Season First Edition is a Single Speyside Malt Whisky without an age statement, bottled at 48.7 %.

  The range is made purely from barley malted on the distillery own floor maltings in Elgin. The facility is one of very few left in Scotland and can only handle a limited quantity of barley at a time, which puts a hard ceiling on how much whisky the range can ever yield.

  The first edition marks the start of the range and is also the one everything after it is measured against. The bottling strength of 48.7 % was chosen to keep the texture intact, and the cereal character of the floor malted barley reads clearly through the cask.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Baked bread, honey and pale cereal with a note of dried apple.

  Palate

  Creamy and malty with vanilla, flower honey and a lightly nutty middle. The cereal takes up clear room without turning dry.

  Finish

  Long and warm with malt, oak and a last touch of honeyed sweetness.

  Specifications

  Name: BenRiach Malting Season First Edition
  Distillery: BenRiach
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  ABV: 48,7 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Edition: Malting Season First Edition
  EAN no.: 5060716140068

  Flavour profile

  Malty · Honeyed · Creamy · Nutty · Dry

  Investment potential

  High. The first edition in a series traditionally holds the strongest position on the collector market, and Malting Season is at the same time limited by how much barley the distillery can malt on its own floors. The combination makes it hard to replace.

  Did you know?

  Only around a handful of Scottish distilleries still run a working floor maltings, and most of them cover only a small share of their own needs. The rest buy malt from large commercial maltings that supply the whole trade.

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    201,00EUR
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  BenRiach Smoke Season Double Cask Single Speyside Malt Whisky 70 cl 52,8%

  Item no.: 22253333669-8875

  BenRiach makes peated whisky a few weeks a year, and some of that peated malt runs heavier than the rest. Smoke Season is built from the most heavily peated malt the house holds, bottled at a strength that does not let the smoke slip away.

  The expert's description

  BenRiach Smoke Season Double Cask is a Single Speyside Malt Whisky without an age statement, matured in bourbon casks and virgin oak and bottled at 52.8 %.

  The bottling was assembled by Master Blender Rachel Barrie and uses the most heavily peated malt at the distillery. Speyside is not known for smoke, and BenRiach is one of the few distilleries in the region producing peated spirit as a fixed part of the year.

  The two cask types pull in different directions. The bourbon wood gives vanilla and bright sweetness, while virgin oak, meaning fresh oak that has never held anything before, lays spice and a dry wood structure on top. Together they hold the smoke in place without muting it.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Powerful peat smoke with burnt sugar, vanilla and a note of toasted wood.

  Palate

  Dense and smoky with caramel, black pepper and spiced fresh oak. The strength carries the smoke all the way without letting it turn dry.

  Finish

  Long and warm with lingering smoke, wood and a last touch of sweetness.

  Specifications

  Name: BenRiach Smoke Season Double Cask
  Distillery: BenRiach
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  ABV: 52,8 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Bourbon casks and virgin oak
  Edition: Smoke Season Double Cask

  Flavour profile

  Smoky · Spiced · Full bodied · Oak driven · Sweet

  Did you know?

  Virgin oak is fresh wood that has never held wine, sherry or bourbon. The casks give quickly and forcefully, so they are rarely used alone in Scotch whisky, where they typically form a smaller part of a composition.

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  Benriach Smokestack Lightning 2009/2023 Uncharted Whisky Co. 13 years old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky 53.4%

  Item no.: 22227865480-67093-0389

  Smokestack Lightning is a Howlin Wolf song from 1956 about a train passing in the night. Uncharted borrowed the name for a cask of peated BenRiach, and it is hard to think of a better image for whisky that rushes past and leaves a smell in the air.

  The expert's description

  BenRiach Smokestack Lightning 2009/2023 Uncharted Whisky Co. 13 years is a Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky matured in an ex-bourbon hogshead and bottled at 53.4 % without chill filtration and without added colour.

  The whisky was distilled in 2009 and drawn in 2023 after thirteen years. The label calls it Highland, which is correct in the formal sense, since Speyside falls administratively within the Highland region. BenRiach sits at Elgin in the middle of Speyside.

  Uncharted Whisky Co. is a younger Scottish bottling house that names its releases after music rather than after cask numbers. An ex-bourbon hogshead gives bright sweetness and lets the peated malt stand out clearly, which is a more direct approach than wrapping the smoke in sherry.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Dry smoke, lemon peel and vanilla. Behind it sit pale cereal and a suggestion of ash.

  Palate

  Powerful and dry with smoke, honey and spiced oak. The bourbon cask gives sweetness, but the smoke is allowed to lead.

  Finish

  Long and dry with ash, pepper and a last note of honey.

  Specifications

  Name: BenRiach Smokestack Lightning 2009/2023 Uncharted Whisky Co. 13 år
  Distillery: BenRiach
  Bottler: Uncharted Whisky Co.
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  Age: 13 years
  ABV: 53,4 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Ex-bourbon hogshead
  Non-chill filtered: Yes
  Natural colour: Yes
  Distilled: 2009
  Bottled: 2023
  Edition: Smokestack Lightning

  Flavour profile

  Smoky · Dry · Cask strength · Honeyed · Spiced

  Investment potential

  High. Peated BenRiach from 2009 is rare in independent bottlings, and Uncharted works purely with single casks in small runs. Spirit from before the 2016 change of ownership also grows gradually harder to find.

  Did you know?

  Speyside is formally a sub-region of the Highlands, so a Speyside distillery may call itself either on the label. Independent bottlers sometimes pick Highland to sidestep the expectations the word Speyside creates in the buyer.

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  Benriach The Forty 40 years old Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky 43,5%

  Item no.: 50595333389-2

  Forty years in cask is longer than most distilleries dare wait. The oak turns dominant, the alcohol drops, and every further year is a gamble that the whisky still has something to say when someone finally opens the valve.

  The expert's description

  BenRiach The Forty 40 years is a Single Speyside Malt Whisky matured in refill bourbon casks and refill port casks and bottled at 43.5 % without chill filtration and without added colour.

  The bottling is the flagship of the house, assembled by Master Blender Rachel Barrie. Refill casks were a deliberate choice, since first fill wood would have run the whisky over long before the forty years were up. The port casks lay a layer of dark fruit over the bourbon matured core.

  The 43.5 per cent is not a choice but a result. After forty years in a Scottish warehouse the strength falls on its own, and the whisky is bottled close to what the cask itself delivers.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Deep dark fruit, plum and old oak with honey and a hint of tobacco.

  Palate

  Concentrated and velvety with dried fruit, cocoa and spiced oak. After forty years there is still fruit left, which is rarer than it sounds.

  Finish

  Very long and dry with dark fruit, oak and a warm note of spice.

  Specifications

  Name: BenRiach The Forty 40 år
  Distillery: BenRiach
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  Age: 40 years
  ABV: 43,5 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Refill bourbon casks and refill port casks
  Edition: The Forty 40 år

  Flavour profile

  Dark fruit · Full bodied · Oak driven · Spiced · Honeyed

  Investment potential

  High. Forty year old bottlings exist in very small quantities, and stocks of Scotch whisky from the 1980s shrink every year. Official flagship releases in that age bracket hold an established position on the collector market.

  Did you know?

  Around two per cent of a cask evaporates each year in Scotland. Over forty years that means well over half the original volume has vanished through the wood long before anyone got to taste it.

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    3.485,00EUR
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  BenRiach The Original Ten 10 years old Single Speyside Malt Whisky 43%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-1972592

  If a distillery may send only one bottle out into the world, this is it. The Original Ten is the BenRiach signature written down, and everything else in the range relates to it in one way or another.

  The expert's description

  BenRiach The Original Ten 10 years is a Single Speyside Malt Whisky matured in bourbon casks, sherry casks and virgin oak and bottled at 43 %.

  Three cask types is unusual for an entry bottle. The bourbon wood gives vanilla and bright fruit, the sherry adds sweetness and depth, and virgin oak lays spice and structure on top. The composition was created by Master Blender Rachel Barrie as part of the range overhaul that followed the Brown-Forman takeover.

  There is a subtle suggestion of smoke in the whisky. BenRiach produces both unpeated and peated spirit, and a small share of the peated finds its way into the core bottling of the house without turning it into a smoky whisky.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Fresh fruit, honey and toasted oak with a summer golden lightness.

  Palate

  Ripe pear, nectarine and a fine malty sweetness. The casks work together rather than fighting for room.

  Finish

  Almond and lightly spiced vanilla with small notes of smoke at the end.

  Specifications

  Name: BenRiach The Original Ten 10 år
  Distillery: BenRiach
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  Age: 10 years
  ABV: 43 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Bourbon casks, sherry casks and virgin oak
  Edition: The Original Ten 10 år
  EAN no.: 5060399680547

  Flavour profile

  Fruity · Honeyed · Malty · Lightly spiced · Hint of smoke

  Did you know?

  BenRiach lay closed from 1900 to 1965 and was in that period all but forgotten by the whisky world. Today the core bottling is called The Original Ten, precisely because the distillery regards it as the starting point after the restart.

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    60,25EUR
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  BenRiach The Smoky Ten 10 years old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 46%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-1972593

  Jamaican rum in a Scottish cask is not an obvious combination, which is probably why it works. The rum wood brings a tropical sweetness that meets the peat smoke somewhere neither of them expected to end up.

  The expert's description

  BenRiach The Smoky Ten 10 years is a Single Speyside Malt Whisky matured in bourbon casks, Jamaican rum casks and virgin oak and bottled at 46 %.

  The bottling uses the peated spirit of the distillery, made only in defined periods each year. Three cask types are involved: bourbon gives vanilla, Jamaican rum adds tropical fruit and sweetness, and virgin oak lays spice and structure on top.

  The combination of smoke and rum wood is rare in Scotch whisky and makes the bottling an obvious way in for anyone wanting to try peated malt without starting on the heaviest Islay bottles. The smoke reads aromatic rather than medicinal.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Fresh fruit, honey and toasted oak with an aromatic note of smoke on top.

  Palate

  Fruit, aromatic smoky sweetness and toasted oak. The rum casks give a tropical edge that rounds the smoke off.

  Finish

  Medium and warm with smoke, vanilla and a last touch of sweetness.

  Specifications

  Name: BenRiach The Smoky Ten 10 år
  Distillery: BenRiach
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  Age: 10 years
  ABV: 46 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Bourbon casks, Jamaican rum casks and virgin oak
  Edition: The Smoky Ten 10 år
  EAN no.: 5060399687300

  Flavour profile

  Smoky · Fruity · Sweet · Tropical · Spiced

  Did you know?

  Jamaican rum is known for its powerful esters, the aroma compounds that give banana and pineapple. The casks carry part of that character into the whisky, which is why rum wood rarely goes unnoticed in a composition.

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    67,00EUR
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  BenRiach The Smoky Twelve 12 year old Single Speyside Malt Whisky 70 cl 46%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-1972593 - 12

  Marsala is a fortified wine from Sicily most people know from a veal sauce rather than from whisky. BenRiach put it in as the third cask type anyway, and it is decisions like that which make the range worth following.

  The expert's description

  BenRiach The Smoky Twelve 12 years is a Single Speyside Malt Whisky matured in bourbon casks, sherry casks and Marsala casks and bottled at 46 %.

  The whisky is built on the peated spirit of the distillery and matured, somewhat unconventionally, in three cask types. Bourbon gives vanilla, sherry gives dark fruit, and the Marsala wood adds a nutty sweetness different from both sherry and port.

  The combination has given the whisky an almost creamy, soft structure with layers of ripe fruit, aromatic smoky sweetness and warming oak spice. The two extra years over the Smoky Ten read as more depth rather than as more smoke.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Powerful smoky notes with vanilla, toasted orange peel and roasted almond.

  Palate

  Dark chocolate, fruit, brown sugar, smoke and cocoa. The structure stays creamy and soft despite the smoke.

  Finish

  Persistent with a full smoky flavour and warming oak spice.

  Specifications

  Name: BenRiach The Smoky Twelve 12 år
  Distillery: BenRiach
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  Age: 12 years
  ABV: 46 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Bourbon casks, sherry casks and Marsala casks
  Edition: The Smoky Twelve 12 år
  EAN no.: 5060716140259

  Flavour profile

  Smoky · Creamy · Dark fruit · Nutty · Spiced

  Did you know?

  Marsala comes from the town of the same name on the west coast of Sicily and was developed by English merchants in the 1700s as an alternative to port and sherry. The casks remain rare in Scotch whisky.

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    87,00EUR
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  BenRiach The Thirty 30 years old Single Speyside Malt Whisky 70 cl 46%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-1972669

  Mahogany in the glass, and no colouring has been added. Thirty years in four different cask types has pulled the whisky so dark that you can see the age long before you smell it.

  The expert's description

  BenRiach The Thirty 30 years is a Single Speyside Malt Whisky matured in sherry casks, bourbon casks, virgin oak and port casks and bottled at 46 %.

  The bottling is a special release in the age ladder of the house and uses four cask types like the other older bottles. The port casks are what separate it from the Twenty Five, laying dark fruit and a light sweetness over the sherry matured core.

  Thirty years gives a concentration that cannot be rushed. The colour is mahogany, the texture is thick, and the palate reads deep rather than fresh. It is the sort of whisky where the oak takes up a lot of room without the fruit having disappeared.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Dark fruit, chocolate, raisin and honey.

  Palate

  Concentrated and deep with plum, smoked walnut, cocoa and baked orange.

  Finish

  Long and warm with smoked honey and dark fruit that hangs on.

  Specifications

  Name: BenRiach The Thirty 30 år
  Distillery: BenRiach
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  Age: 30 years
  ABV: 46 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Sherry casks, bourbon casks, virgin oak and port casks
  Edition: The Thirty 30 år
  EAN no.: 5060716140044

  Flavour profile

  Dark fruit · Full bodied · Oak driven · Chocolate · Spiced

  Investment potential

  High. Thirty year old whisky from a distillery that for long periods sold everything into blends exists in very limited quantity. Official bottlings in that age class are among the most sought after on the collector market.

  Did you know?

  Under Scottish law nothing may be added to whisky except water and caramel colouring. When a thirty year old whisky like this reads mahogany without added colour, all of that colour comes from the casks and from time.

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    603,00EUR
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  BenRiach The Twelve 12 years old Single Speyside Malt Whisky 70 cl 46%

  Item no.: 22227865479-1106-1972594

  Sherry first, bourbon and port after in smaller measures. It is a classic recipe, and The Twelve is the BenRiach take on what a Speyside malt should taste like when nobody is trying to surprise anyone.

  The expert's description

  BenRiach The Twelve 12 years is a Single Speyside Malt Whisky matured predominantly in sherry casks with a smaller share of bourbon casks and port casks and bottled at 46 %.

  The bottling is the classic one in the core range of the house. The sherry carries the whisky with dark fruit and nut, the bourbon wood gives bright sweetness and vanilla, and the port casks lay a fruity edge on top without taking room from the sherry.

  Forty-two years after the 1965 restart, BenRiach only became a brand in its own right in 2004. The Twelve belongs to the generation of bottlings assembled by Rachel Barrie after 2016, when the range was reshaped and built around fixed age steps.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Maple honey, cocoa and baked forest fruit.

  Palate

  Cherry, baked orange and hazelnut with a lingering sultana note.

  Finish

  Spiced mocha with a long, warm close.

  Specifications

  Name: BenRiach The Twelve 12 år
  Distillery: BenRiach
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  Age: 12 years
  ABV: 46 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Predominantly sherry casks with bourbon casks and port casks
  Edition: The Twelve 12 år
  EAN no.: 5060399687188

  Flavour profile

  Sherry matured · Fruity · Nutty · Spiced · Soft

  Did you know?

  BenRiach runs three pairs of stills and can produce unpeated, peated and triple distilled spirit in the same plant. Triple distillation is otherwise best known from Ireland and from the Scottish Lowlands.

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    71,00EUR
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  BenRiach The Twenty Five 25 years old Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 46

  Item no.: 222278333-7741

  Madeira matures through heat, not in spite of it. The wine is deliberately warmed for years until it tastes of burnt sugar and nut, and the casks carry part of that story into the whisky.

  The expert's description

  BenRiach The Twenty Five 25 years is a Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky matured in sherry casks, bourbon casks, virgin oak and Madeira casks and bottled at 46 %.

  The bottling uses four cask types, the house approach in the older releases. The Madeira wood is what separates it from The Twenty One, adding a nutty sweetness with notes of burnt sugar that differs from both sherry and port.

  Twenty-five years is a long time even by Scottish standards, and a considerable share of the cask contents has evaporated along the way. That is one reason bottlings in this age class are made in small quantities.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Dried fruit, burnt sugar and walnut with a deep note of oak.

  Palate

  Rich and concentrated with raisin, caramel and spiced oak. The Madeira gives a nutty sweetness that keeps the whisky from turning dry.

  Finish

  Very long and warm with nut, dried fruit and a dry close of oak.

  Specifications

  Name: BenRiach The Twenty Five 25 år
  Distillery: BenRiach
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  Age: 25 years
  ABV: 46 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Sherry casks, bourbon casks, virgin oak and Madeira casks
  Edition: The Twenty Five 25 år
  EAN no.: 5060716140020

  Flavour profile

  Sherry matured · Nutty · Full bodied · Spiced · Dried fruit

  Investment potential

  High. Twenty-five year old official bottlings exist in small quantities, and stocks of Scotch whisky from the 1990s fall steadily. Age stated bottles in that class hold an established place on the collector market.

  Did you know?

  Madeira was originally heated by accident. The wine travelled through the tropics as ballast, and when it turned out the heat improved it, producers started warming it deliberately in the warehouses on the island.

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    355,00EUR
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  BenRiach The Twenty One 21 years old Single Speyside Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 46%

  Item no.: 22227866655487-96321

  Four cask types in one bottle sounds like something that could easily go wrong. Twenty-one years is long enough for the casks to find one another, and the result is more coherent than the arithmetic suggests.

  The expert's description

  BenRiach The Twenty One 21 years is a Single Speyside Malt Whisky matured in bourbon casks, sherry casks, virgin oak and red wine casks and bottled at 46 %.

  Four cask types is the house approach in the older bottlings. Bourbon gives vanilla and honey, sherry dark fruit, virgin oak spice and structure, and the red wine casks add a fruit acidity that keeps the whisky fresh despite its age.

  Twenty-one years is enough for the oak to leave a clear mark without the fruit disappearing. The bottling sits in the middle of the age ladder of the house, between The Twelve and The Twenty Five.

  Tasting notes

  Nose

  Elegant with notes of light smoke, fruit, honey and spice.

  Palate

  Candied grape, cocoa and smoked pine nuts. The colour runs golden as honey, and the palate follows.

  Finish

  Caramelised pear and honey with a good long close.

  Specifications

  Name: BenRiach The Twenty One 21 år
  Distillery: BenRiach
  Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
  Type: Single Speyside Malt Whisky
  Age: 21 years
  ABV: 46 %
  Size: 70 CL
  Cask type: Bourbon casks, sherry casks, virgin oak and red wine casks
  Edition: The Twenty One 21 år
  EAN no.: 5060716140013

  Flavour profile

  Fruity · Honeyed · Spiced · Lightly smoky · Full bodied

  Investment potential

  Medium. Twenty-one year old official bottlings exist in limited quantity, and stocks of BenRiach from the early 2000s are shrinking. Age stated bottles in that class hold a steady position on the market.

  Did you know?

  Red wine casks are among the least common cask types in Scotch whisky. They give fruit acidity and a light tannin edge, but they must be used carefully, since the tannins can quickly turn a whisky dry.

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    201,00EUR
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  Macbeth Menteith 31 years old BenRiach Single Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl 53.1%

  Item no.: 059763-615-73

  Maturity brings forth a relaxed air.
  This is now a life of ermine,
  the satisfaction of sweetmeats and spices,
  fruits and flowers.
  
  Yet for all the damask rose
  and sandalwood, at the core
  lurks a hint of smoke; Comfort pushed
  aside and darkness embraced.
  The muscles flex anew, power grows.
  It will act.
  
  Distillery: BenRiach
  Bottler: Livingstone
  Name: Menteith
  Series: The Thanes
  Age: 31 years old
  Type: Single Malt Scotch Whisky
  Cask number/type: American Oak & Refill Hogshead
  Alc. strength: 53.1 %
  Number of bottles: 650 pcs.
  70 cl.
  Other: A Whisky Collection Illustrated by Quentin Blake - The Macbeth Collection

  • 1pcs.
    1.005,25EUR