Ben Nevis 1998 TKS
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ben Nevis |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1998 |
| Bottled Year | 2010 |
| Age | 11년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Hogshead / Californa Red Wine Finish |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
Gold
air Nose
Rather unmistakably Ben Nevis with these fat, almost glycerol notes of banana skin, olive oil, soot, pineapple syrup, barley water, muesli and coconut. One of the most characterful makes still produced in Scotland if you ask me, and these late 1990s vintages seem to be broadly excellent. Goes on with a little sun lotion, cornflour, green fruits, pear cordial and an ever-present background waxiness
restaurant Palate
big, emphatic delivery. Still hugely oily in texture, almost like paraffin wax in consistency. It feels like bottling at 46% has done it no harm at all. Sunflower oil, trail mix, crushed peanuts, soot, crunchy bars and a little aged mead. There doesn’t seem to be much input from the sherry cask, but with such a characterful distillate I don’t really think that’s a bad thing. A touch of marzipan and almond milk with time
timer Finish
Long, heathery, earthy, lightly waxy and with notes of lemon oil, milk bottle sweets and pu-erh tea
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