Benromach make whisky the way Speyside tasted before everything turned light and floral. A little peat smoke, plenty of sherry and a team of very few people doing it all by hand in a small building outside Forres.
The expert's description
Benromach 10 years is a Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky matured in first fill bourbon and sherry casks and bottled at 43 %.
The whisky matures in around eighty percent first fill bourbon casks and twenty percent first fill sherry casks, then spends a year in Oloroso Sherry casks where the two parts marry. It is neither chill filtered nor coloured.
The distillery was founded in 1898, closed in 1983 and stood silent for fifteen years until Gordon & MacPhail bought it and reopened in 1998. The stated aim was to recreate the Speyside style that existed before the 1960s — lightly peated malt, less steel, more handwork.
Tasting notes
Nose
Rich sherry, nuts and old oak with charred casks and dark chocolate in the background. The peat smoke runs through it all as a thin thread.
Palate
Rounded malt, ripe red berries and gentle peat smoke. There is clear sweetness from the sherry, held in check by a dry, smoky edge.
Finish
Medium long with lightly burnt caramel, ash and a warm spiced close.
Specifications
Name: Benromach 10 years old Single Speyside Malt Whisky 70 cl 43%
Distillery: Benromach
Region/Country: Speyside, Scotland
Type: Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Age: 10 years
ABV: 43 %
Size: 70 CL
Cask type: First fill bourbon casks and first fill sherry casks, followed by one year in Oloroso Sherry casks
Non-chill filtered: Yes
Natural colour: Yes
EAN no.: 5020613023680
Flavour profile
Lightly peated · Sherry matured · Malty · Berries · Rounded
Did you know?
Benromach runs with a team of fewer than a handful of people and still uses wooden washbacks. The distillery was formally reopened by the then Prince of Wales in October 1998.
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