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
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