BenRiach 27-year-old (D.1994, B.2021) Cask Edition, Oloroso Sherry Puncheon # 2059 /53%/ 0.7l

In 2016, Brown-Forman Corporation acquired BenRiach Distillery Company, including the BenRiach, GlenDronach and GlenGlassaugh distilleries.

Brown-Forman has previously tried and failed to acquire John Dewar & Sons (1998) and Glenmorangie plc (2004), outbid in the former by Bacardi Ltd, and in the latter by Moët Hennessy. Since March 2017, the female blender of BenRiach Co. has been Rachel Barrie. To date, Barrie has followed in Billy Walker’s footsteps and produced a number of single casks. Distilled from malted barley with some peat in July 1994, this BenRiach was aged in a puncheon cask (no. 2059) ex-Oloroso sherry cask for 27 years and bottled at cask strength (53% abv) in 2021 in an edition of 659 bottles. (Official tasting notes.)

Colour : burnt orange.

Nose : smoky pine nuts, orange wine, caramel cream, maple syrup and chocolate cake.

Palate: dark chocolate, limes, candied pears, smoky nut cake, licorice and baked currants.