BenRiach 16-year-old Blue Label
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | BenRiach |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 2012 |
| Age | 16년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 50 ml 700 ml 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈는 건초 같고 가벼운 분필질 피트로 열리며 옅은 그을음과 잉크 뉘앙스가 앞선다. 해안형이 아닌 내륙형 피트를 지닌 벤리악 16년답게 이 개성이 명확하게 드러난다. 팰럿은 46도에서 오일리하게 열리며 바닐라와 복숭아, 멜론, 레몬 꽃꿀이 두껍게 입을 채운다. 가벼운 스피릿에 비해 질감이 진하게 느껴지는 것이 이 위스키의 매력이다. 피니시는 중간 길이로 깨끗하고 잘 다듬어진 인상으로 마무리된다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
white wine
air Nose
a hay-y, light, slightly chalky peatiness, almost the opposite of a coastal/medicinal one. A little soot, concrete, certainly quite some ink (flipping through a brand new book), and perhaps drops of brake fluid. Perhaps even castor oil
restaurant Palate
the quarter casks are much more noticeable on the palate. Oily texture, some vanilla and a ‘peachiness’ ala Ardmore, melon liqueur while we’re at it, lemon blossom honey, maple syrup… It’s really thick, but the whisky itself is relatively light. Good lemon, perhaps some kind of earthy limoncello… I find this very good, to tell you the truth, despite the slightly unlikely pedigree. You know, small casks, no age, all that…
timer Finish
medium but clean, ‘crafted’, and even ‘designed’, but its been done very well