PC Benrinnes 1978 54.5 #1636

Gordon & MacPhail 1978 from Benrinnes Distillery

Tasting film

Nose

Bright salted lemon flavours are followed by honeysuckle and pineapple. Dried apricots come to the fore alongside brown sugar.

Taste

Sweet citrus fruits and watermelon are balanced by spicy peppercorns. Marzipan and subtle charred oak develops alongside a hint of dried tobacco.

Finish

A medium to long finish with roasted nuts.

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.