BenRiach 2012 AD Selection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | BenRiach |
| Bottler | Adelphi (AD) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 2012 |
| Bottled Year | 2024 |
| Age | 10년 |
| Cask Type | First Fill PX Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 59.9% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 가까이 하면 퍼스트필 PX 호그스헤드에서 비롯된 무화과와 대추야자의 짙은 단맛이 가장 먼저 두드러진다. 팰럿은 59.9도의 힘으로 건자두와 흑설탕, 다크초콜릿을 차례로 밀어 올리며 두꺼운 질감으로 흐른다. 10년이라는 짧은 숙성에도 PX의 영향이 압도적이어서 단맛의 구조가 단단하다. 피니시에서는 볶은 견과와 가벼운 쓴맛이 균형을 잡으며 길게 발전하는, 아델피다운 짙은 셰리 보틀링이다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
very pale white wine. Love it that the very engaging bottler did feel the need to add 'natural colour' to the label. Now, agreed, you could artificially discolour whisky too, as some used to do around the late 1960s and early 1970s. But we're digressing…
air Nose
total raw bread, chalk, porridge, leaven, sourdough and grist, with something very fermentary, between cream cheese and natural raw yoghurt. With water: bits of rubber this time again – is that one of Benriach's new markers? – otherwise crushed almonds and just apples and pears
restaurant Palate
lovely! Cranberry and prickly pear syrups, plus a lot of tart sweetness. We'll dare mention limoncello again, my friend… With water: there, some good, sweet, pure naked barleyness. This is where you realise that malted barley is shock-full of sugar, it is almost like if not everything got fermented (which is impossible, we agree).
timer Finish
medium, very sweet, almost sugary