Benromach

Aged 40 Years 2021 Release

57.1% ABV • Whisky • 700ml • 1 In Stock

Single Malt Whisky from Speyside in Scotland

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PRODUCER
Benromach

BOTTLER
Official Distillery Release by Gordon & MacPhail

AGE
40 Years Aged, Distilled 1981

CASK TYPE
First-fill Oloroso sherry

RELEASE
Strath Exclusive In BC Small Batch Release Of 1047 Bottles

CHILL-FILTRATION
Unknown

ADDED COLOUR
Unknown

PEAT SMOKED
No

Notes From Keith Cruickshank, Distillery Manager

This is the first time we have added a higher-aged expression into our portfolio as an annual batch release. Each batch will be bottled at natural strength and will reflect the nuance and character of the casks selected for bottling each year. Our first Benromach 40 years old displays rich ginger and stewed fruit aromas, seville orange, red apple and demerara sugar flavours before finishing with citrus zest and a subtle hint of charred oak. It truly is something special.

Notes From Keith Cruickshank, Distillery Manager

This is the first time we have added a higher-aged expression into our portfolio as an annual batch release. Each batch will be bottled at natural strength and will reflect the nuance and character of the casks selected for bottling each year. Our first Benromach 40 years old displays rich ginger and stewed fruit aromas, seville orange, red apple and demerara sugar flavours before finishing with citrus zest and a subtle hint of charred oak. It truly is something special.

Discover Benromach

Benromach

Benromach is proof that Speyside, so often associated with delicate fruit and honeyed grace, can still deliver a dram with muscle, earth, and purpose. Situated on the outskirts of Forres, the distillery was founded in 1898 and has endured long spells of silence, changes in ownership, and more than a few brushes with obsolescence. Yet today it stands proudly independent, quietly reviving a style of whisky many thought lost to time.

Since its resurrection by Gordon & MacPhail in 1998, Benromach has charted a deliberately old-fashioned course. The production is hands-on and small scale, with a two-person team often running the stills. The barley is lightly peated, just enough to lend a wisp of smoke, and fermentation is long and slow to encourage complexity. Direct-fired stills, a rarity in modern distilling, contribute weight and character to the spirit, which is then matured almost exclusively in first-fill bourbon and sherry casks.

The result is a whisky that feels like a throwback in the best possible sense. Red apples, creamy malt, a hint of bonfire smoke, and a firm backbone of oak and spice. Benromach evokes the Speyside of a pre-industrial past, before steam coils and chill-filtration became the norm.

It’s a distillery with a strong sense of identity, guided not by fashion but by philosophy. In an age of ever-polished single malts, Benromach stands a little askew - earthier, weightier, and wonderfully human.

Whisky Folk Review

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