Benromach 21 Year

Nose: as soon as the sample bottle is opened, the room is flooded with an aroma of spiced oak, tobacco, cigar ash, oranges soaked in sherry. Gorgeous. Palate: sweet, but spicy at the same time. Oranges, sherry, canned fruit, a hint of tobacco, black pepper. Again excellent. Final: from such a good nose and palate I would have expected a finish to the height, and instead here there is a very short initial phase of sweet honey and sherry, which however immediately becomes bitter and more lasting, and therefore not particularly pleasant. Too bad for the final, otherwise we would have been on a full 5.00! 4.50 rating ______________________________________________________________________ Naso: appena aperto il boccettino del sample, si inonda la stanza di un aroma di quercia speziata, tabacco, cenere di sigaro, arance macerate nello sherry. Splendido. Palato: dolce, ma piccante allo stesso tempo. Arance, sherry, frutta sciroppata, una punta di tabacco, pepe nero. Anche qui ottimo. Finale: da naso e palato così validi mi sarei aspettato un finale all’altezza, ed invece qui c’è una fase iniziale brevissima di dolce miele e sherry, che però diventa subito dopo amarognola e più duratura, e quindi non particolarmente piacevole. Peccato per il finale, se no saremmo stati su un 5,00 pieno! Voto 4,50

(Good Spirits Co. Glasgow – Virtual Premium Whisky Tasting, 27 November 2020). Nose: Sherry, dark fruit, sultanas, orange, brown sugar, aromatic spices Palate: Stewed fruit, orange, ginger, chocolate, black pepper, light wisps of smoke Finish: Sherry, light oak, red chilies, Christmas cake. Nicely sours at the very end. Medium long finish. This is a lovely dram. It suffers from a slightly thin mouthfeel, but it's a minor niggle. Came joint second of the six whiskies, with 17% of the final vote for favourite of the night. (65% of those present said they enjoyed the whisky). This was my vote for favourite, but it was a really close call between most of them.