Benrinnes 11-year-old (D.2010, B.2021) Artist Collective # 5.4 / 48%/ 0.7l
- ‘Artist Collective’ was introduced in 2017 by the Parisian retailer La Maison du Whisky as a sub-range to the prestigious ‘Artist’ range.
Product description
The “Artist Collective” series debuted in 2017 in the Parisian La Maison du Whisky range and is a complement to the prestigious “Artist” line.
While the latter is a collection of carefully selected single cask editions, the “Artist Collective” is in the small batch (or rather very small batch) category. Each edition catches the eye with a label featuring a work by a contemporary artist. The Benrinnes 2010 presented here is part of the fifth “Artist Collective” series, released in autumn 2021. This 11-year-old whisky was finished in a first-fill sherry butt and bottled at 48% abv. The graphic design uses the work “Spray Stoz 3” by Italian artist Marco Stazzini (also known as STOZ).
Nose: mixed nuts, raisins, rosehip jam, caramel, dried figs and dates, mango, dark chocolate, black pepper, cloves, potpourri, sherry and oak notes.
Palate: slightly oily, dried plums and figs, cherries, raspberries, dark chocolate, toffee, honey, nutmeg, notes of tobacco, leather, sherry and oak.
Finish: long, with notes of dried plums, dark chocolate, toffee, walnuts, black tea, nutmeg and oak tannins.