Ben Nevis 10 Year

Really fragment. Blackberries and clover on the tongue, nice

Another sample review. Nose - Lightly oaked sour oil, light citrus, rich barely, light smoke. For a near clear whisky, it's shockingly oily. I can't believe how much oil I nose here. I get almost a lemon tea note on here. This is really right up my hazelburn 10 loving ally. It's simple, it's young, but it's well freaking done and it doesn't have off notes. Taste - Oh, I am really finding I like Ben Nevis. I recently got to try the 25 year from a while back and it checked all kinds of boxes. This is done it for me as well. Upfront it's light and just lightly sweet. Then some funk, earthy and somewhat new make notes come through. Finally it turns to this wonderful charcoal finish. Wow, it's lag 12 peat level intense with this charcoal note. I totally get why so many people chase after this malt. It does bring in a lot of new make so I'm going to just give this a 2.5. Good, noticeably above the average (mine is a 2.0 to save room for WOW bottles), but it has some wow factor you normally don't see until you get much older and more expensive bottles.