Soba45
BenRiach Temporis 21 Year
Single Malt — Speyside, Scotland
Reviewed
August 31, 2019 (edited February 1, 2021)
"The virgin oak influence is strong with this one"...DV. Minty peat as RMD indicated. I'm with LE on this one. Nice drop but it'd have been good to see the other casks which I also think have been refilled to nth degree take a front seat. I do struggle with anything '....mint' as well. Benriach peat + great cask finish is often amazing.. this is good but not at that level. I'd rate the 22 yr Moscatel, 18 yr Albarize, single cask port efforts well ahead. Started at 4.25 but that spearmint/ peppermint is really a bit overpowering, slightly artificial and irritating me. Usually it's in bourbons i encounter it but given it's first fill virgin oak heavy it makes sense. 3.5 it ends up at and if I had a bottle I'd have a feeling it'd fall lower as I'd get real tired of it. Interesting I do notice quite a bit of variance in the tasting note descriptions as well...personal taste buds or batches blended differently? If you love minty peat and you have the same batch as this you'll be in love..if not....
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@LeeEvolved Cheers :-). That's a great idea. I think maybe my rating is too harsh but it's hard to get a balance between rating on quality vs flavour profile. It's definitely different to any Benriach.
Nice review. I would’ve liked to have seen how this one would’ve oxidized over the course of a couple of months to see if it melded together a bit more, but my dad liked it so much I left him have the majority of the bottle. I keep 5oz of every bottle I open in a separate, resealed bottle to try (hopefully) many years down the road. Perhaps this one will turn out to be a gem. I really like Benriach as a dark horse type of distillery- they have lots of good drops that often go unnoticed.