Benriach 29 Year Old Batch 13 Cask #7569

BenRiach 29 Year Old 1986 vintage, Batch 13 Speyside peated single malt Scotch whisky. Single cask Oloroso Sherry Butt #7569 bottled June 2016. 568 numbered bottles.

Benriach

John Duff commissioned the Elgin based architect Charles C. Doig to design Benriach Distillery which was duly established in 1898 just south of Elgin and complete with a siding connecting Benriach Distillery directly to the great North of Scotland Railway and the scotch blenders down south. But Benriach Distillery opened just as the whisky bubble burst and was forced to closed in 1900 and remained closed until 1965. Benriach’s maltings did continued to operate but finally closed in 1999. An iconic Scottish malt whisky distillery complete with a Doig pagoda roof over the malt kiln. The Benriach Distillery range includes limited releases of triple distilled, peated and un-peated single malt whiskies. Benriach Distillery participates in the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival

Nose: Sumptuous ripe plums and dried figs surrounded by a sweet barbeque smoke character.

Palate: Rich sticky dates and dark orange marmalade combine with sweet peat notes and lingering cigar box characters, all infused with fresh coffee grounds and cocoa beans.