Jose-Massu-Espinel
Benromach 15 Year
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed
February 4, 2022 (edited February 8, 2022)
Benromach has been a little dissapointing lately. I have had a few of their new expressions (with their new image and marketing), and it weren't as good as the old ones, with the almost flourescent boxes that showed a drop in the bottles. I have now tasted this 15yo release, that won its category on 2018's Workd whiskies awards.
Bottled at 43%.
On the nose, a nice mix between fruits and peat. Pears, grapefruit, stewed fruits, incense. After a first sip, i got melon, leather and hay.
On the palate, starts with a chocolate; a little salty, pears and very nice grapefruit.
Aftertaste was the best part. Smokey notes, hay, grassy notes. Tobacco leaf. Some sweet glazed pork finish, ginger and ashes. Very elegant.
Overall, this was a little better than some of their new expressions (with the non-so-appealing white labels), specially on the aftertaste where the peatiness was right on the spot. It still is miles away from most great 15yo whiskies. My score for it is 86 over 100.
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I have not opened yet my Benromach 15 but I’m curious since some call it the Springbank wannabe of Speyside
@Jose-Massu-Espinel - I am in luck. I was able to get two bottles of Glendronach 15 a while back.
@angstrom the Talisker D.E. is always a great dram, it doesn't matter which year it is. try Glendronach 15yo
Curious about which 15 years you would recommend ahead of this one? I just picked up Talisker Distillers Edition and Benromach 15 yr to compare and contrast. One dram in so far and both seem fantastic. I believe I have the old Benromach version (bottle looks like it has graffiti on it).