Benrinnes 15 Year Old - Flora and Fauna Whisky 70cl

This is EXACTLY how very good reasonably priced malt whisky used to taste 40 years ago (my recollection) and quite possibly a long, long, long, time before.. Quality Distillate Matured In Quality Casks. Never for the [feint]-hearted..

The old 10 year was far superior to this attempt at a 15 year old, lacked character, very little on the nose, nothing noteworthy on the palate. Unworthy of the name Benrinnes, unfortunately we are quite disappointed. Very light in colour, had this not have come through Master of Malt I would say we had been conned.

Good value for a 15yo using BOGOHP, a little more spirity-nippy for it's age and alcohol percentage than I prefer and there is more than just a whiff of peat about it but not unpleasant, each to their own.
I would not purchase it again as not one of my favourite 15yo malts.

Got as a gift. My standard is 15 year old glenfidich. Also, love glendronach 15 and Glenmorangie 12. This was a step above most of these. Maybe not as sweet tasting as Glenfidich but still lovely. It’s definitely ‘fire water’ and I’ll be buying again.

A very nice whiskey here, if you can’t stretch to a Motlach, then this is a good substitute

I cant bestow enough virtues in this mischievious dram. It lies quietly in my local whisky shop...... no noise....no spectacular head lights... A price that for me suggests not a dram with 15 years care and love...but my my.... it has palate...smoothness..... a nice nose and aome lingering undertones of sweetness with a little hint of smoke. A dram that sits well at numerous levels. A favourite thats punches quietly and smoothly with a knowing nod....way above its price.

N.: Dried fruit (dates, figs) almond, marzipan, ripe brambles, later resin, conifers and soil. Evokes images of a sunny summer afternoon in the forest.
P.: In the beginning dry and oakey, but soon honey and cookie dough, bitter chocolate and Brazil nuts. Very full and harmonic mouth feel.
F.: Long, round and moreish.

I found it very very pleasant whiskey.
A nice vanilla finish is more what I detected.

One of my favourite malts.

Nose is nicely complex. Toffee/caramel and herby.
Taste is wonderful, not too sweet and not too dry. Good depth. Some of the caramel, but subtle.
Quite a long finish which ends dry.

Very good at the price.