BenRiach 1991, 26-year-old Burgundy Barrique (Cask # 6898) / 49.4% / 0.7l
- Batch # 15 of BenRiach Single Cask was released in the summer of 2018 and brought wide array of casks personally selected by Rachel Barrie, BenRiach Distillery Company master blender.
Product description
The fifteenth batch of BenRiach Single Cask hit the market in the summer of 2018 and brought a cross-section of the distillery’s stock.
Rachel Barrie, the BenRiach Distillery Company blender, selected 17 barrels, six of which were filled with a smoky-peated whisky. Her choice fell on barrels from sherry, port, rum, Sauternes, Marsala, Burgundy, Moscatel and virgin oak, and she described it as a “nod to creativity in the field of whisky distillation and maturation”. The 26-year-old BenRiach presented here is the oldest whisky in the list – distilled on August 19, 1991 and aged in a red Burgundy barrique (no. 6898). The contents of the barrel translated into 270 bottles of cask strength whisky (49.4% abv). (Producer’s tasting note.)
Aroma: an old winery cellar filled with barrels of red wine, subtle tones of Armagnac, walnut husks and the threshing floor of a storage warehouse.
Palate: the sweetness of ripe, juicy figs and apricots announcing the sweetness of grape candy, milk fudge and toffee syrup.