The second in a series of three BenRiach Sauternes casks.
Benriach 2008 Sauternes Cask 11 Year Old / 61.3% ABV
Tasted neat
This Benriach is a Japan special release for Yamaya (Liquor Mountain), distilled on 10/01/2008 and bottled in 2020 from Sauternes Hogshead 5814, after aging for 11 years. This is bottle 77 of just 295; the liner notes read:
Nose - Dark chocolate, manuka honey and baked lemons with golden syrup and toasted oak.
Colour - dark orange sunset
Taste - buttered brioche with sultana and lingering lemon rind marmalade.- Color: mahogany (1.6)
- Nose: burnt chocolate, marmalade, freshly baked bread, and lime zest
- Taste: cigar-smoke leather, vanilla ice cream, orange sorbet, black pepper, and shikuwasa citrus
- Finish: medium length; icing sugar, toffee, and brownies
What a massive difference from the 16-year-old with a Sauternes finish! This has spent a full eleven years in the cask, and it’s a beautiful, desserty dream. It’s younger, but punchier, and beautifully complex; would buy again!
Rating: 6/10
