The 17 Year Old Benriach Burgundy finish has been bottled at 46%abv

Official Tasting Notes

Nose – summer red berries, including fermented strawberries and raspberries. This is complimented by bitter cocoa bean nibs and freshly cut wild flowers.

Colour – Full gold with a subtle tawny hue.

Taste – Vanilla crème-brulée with a distinct butterscotch component. Redcurrant jelly and quince flavours interact with toasted oak to bring excellent clarity and weight. A fruit and oak marriage of great elegance.

Distillery History

Benriach distillery was built in 1898 in the shadow of sister, and better known distillery - Longmorn. It still retains it's own floor maltings, the smallest in Scotland, which produces 8% of the malt required for the distillery. It has an amazing history of survival. Mothballed two years after it opened it remained so till 1965, when it was re-equipped and production restarted, producing a lighter style of malt whisky.

After several changes of ownership, and a short period mothballed, the Benriach distillery was acquired in 2004 by an independent consortium. Whilst maintaining the best of the old traditions the Benriach are also bringing in some new and exciting expressions, including some interesting finishes and several peated expressions (which in fact harks back to the old Speyside style).