Connoisseur's Choice Benrinnes 2006

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Connoisseur's Choice Benrinnes 2006

Tasting Notes

Nose Poached pear and fragrant lemon peel combine with vanilla pod. Tropical fruits complement dried banana and malted biscuit.

Taste Smooth pineapple and mango give way to a herbal edge. Apricot and green apple lead to mature oak.

Finish Medium-bodied with lasting toasted almond.

Whisky Details

Benrinnes

Mountainous in more ways than one, Benrinnes Distillery takes its name from ominously looming peak in the background. Not only does Ben Rinnes, the local Corbett, provide a moody and atmospheric landscape, it also supplies the eponymously named distillery with the mineral-rich water source used to make its whisky.

Benrinnes is a big, broad shouldered spirit; its distinctly meaty, copper influenced flavour is heavily influenced by the use of worm tubs, traditional pipe-spirals immersed in cold water, to condense the spirit vapours back into a liquid.

Arguably one of the boldest and distinctive spirits in the Speyside region, Benrinnes sits perfectly as an after dinner dram, full of warming spicy qualities.