Sold outJan 2023In short · Benrinnes (Speyside), 13 years.
“Fascinating, one Panellist called it, with the scent of stem ginger, clove syrup and a hint of tar, as well as that note of petrol found in aged riesling wines.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 36.203 is a single cask of Benrinnes, in the Speyside region, 13 years old, bottled at 56.9%, released in the Jan 2023 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 36.x is from Benrinnes.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
On the lower slopes of Ben Rinnes, above Aberlour, Benrinnes was founded in 1826, washed away by a flood three years later and rebuilt in a farmhouse's outbuildings. From 1974 to 2007 it ran a singular partial triple distillation, and its stills still condense in worm tubs, which leave the spirit heavy, meaty and faintly sulphurous, a thoroughly old-fashioned Speysider that blenders treasure. Diageo's.