A 'partially' triple-distilled Speysider, this single malt from the Benrinnes distillery was bottled at 15 years for the Flora and Fauna series.
Slightly doughy. Toffee chip biscuits. Floral.
Rounded, good sweetness. A whiff of peat.
Barley, biscuity, slightly drying.
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.
