Benriach 2009 Cask #3812 Pedro Ximenez Puncheon

The PX cask gave the sweetness to combat the high ABV but the nose had a youth bite that was pared with a nail polish esc. note that probably needed a few more years to round out. Overall solid but needs some tweeking to get to where the other Benriach cask editions are.

(2007 jack rose friends edition. Cask strength)

NOSE Malty, milk chocolate, brown sugar, dried dark fruit, oak, graham. Kind of light, even with water there isn’t a ton happening, but what is, is nice. PALATE Oaky, malty, dried orchard fruit, char, brown sugar and some Sunkist fruit gems with a bit of baking spice and tannic bite. It’s a nice warm flavor, but kind of odd the way the oak is prominent here, it reminds me a bit of a very good American Single Malt with the tannic bite. FINISH Med-Long -> Oaky, dried fruit and baking spice fade out with a bit of cocoa and brown sugar.