Body:
Rounded with a balance of flavours
Matured in first fill and refill Sherry casks, Benromach 21 Year Old is a rich, elegant Speyside malt with rounding sherry influence.
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Benromach 21 Years Old
© Martin Spinks
Colour:
Bright gold
ABV(%):
43
Awards won:
Sliver - International Wine & Spirit Competition 2007
Nose:
Sherry influence more prominent. Mulled fruits and a sweet, chocolate aroma. Toasted maltiness remains.
Palate:
Sherrywood, sweet spicies - cinnamon and a little dry grass, hay-like note. Charred oak flavours lead to a drying finish.
Nose:
Sweet, fruits - peaches and nectarines. Hints of toasted malt and a green leafy aroma.
Palate:
Sweet, sherrywood flavours. Some charred oak and resinous flavours. Rich.
Finish:
Slightly sweet with a hint of smoke and malt.
Quotes:
"Assertive, Aperitif" - Michael Jackson
"A bunch of Speyside fragrances. As bracing as a walk on a country trail along a ripe cornfield on a sunny Spring day." - Martine Nouet
"...a natural harmony between smoke, barley and light vanllins" - Jim Muuray's Whisky Bible 2008