- Raided Score: 91
- Publication: Distiller
- Excerpt: The peat is used modestly and though it may not please the uber peat-head as it is far too weak on the smoke, it would please many others' palates
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- Raided Score: 88
- Publication: whiskyfun
- Excerpt: What a relief! But we had no doubts…
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- Raided Score: 90
- Publication: Whisky Advocate
- Excerpt: A viscous and rich palate, with more apple pie and vanilla, while the sherry is drier, with new leather and woodsmoke. Salted caramel and spicy oak on the finish.
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- Raided Score: 93
- Publication: Wine Enthusiast
- Excerpt: The drying palate leads with black cherry and creamy honey, finishing taut, with leather, cigar wrapper, dark chocolate and clove heat.
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- Raided Score: 90
- Publication: Whiskey Raiders
- Excerpt: Really good, and generally under rated, I think. This has a great nose and palate, and the finish carries nicely as well. If you're in the market for a sweet, bread-y, balanced dram with some present but not aggressive smoke, this is the dram for you.
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Intro:
This is a well aged core line expression from Benromach, a Speyside Scotch distiller.
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Nose:
Honey, caramel, graham crackers and smores. Really sweet, bread forward notes. Some faint smoke, some salinity here.
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Taste:
Medium mouth feel. No real heat here. Ashy smoke, caramel and toffee. Nice and sweet, like a vanilla sundae with butter scotch, with some light ashy, wood-y smoke in the background. Fainy salinity.
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Finish:
Long, sweet and lightly smokey. This is really nice. Ashy and mineral smoke, with lots of vanilla, apple, toffee, vanilla and some light cocoa.
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Overall:
Really good, and generally under rated, I think. This has a great nose and palate, and the finish carries nicely as well. If you're in the market for a sweet, bread-y, balanced dram with some present but not aggressive smoke, this is the dram for you.
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Score:
6
- Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources