Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.
Tasting
How it drinks
Sight
Bright gold; natural colour with a warm glow from virgin oak influence, medium legs
Nose
Crisp green apple, heather honey, vanilla, lemon drizzle cake. Earthy malted cereals and sweet gentle peat smoke. The virgin oak adds toasty sweetness
Palate
Initial tang of lemon zest and crisp apple before sweetness kicks in — heather honey, golden syrup, white chocolate, and marshmallow. Smooth campfire smoke with a clean toasted/ashy profile. Creamy American oak vanilla, toffee, caramel, and candied orange. Full-bodied at cask strength
Finish
Medium-long finish with sweet smoke, caramel, and fruit. The campfire peat fades to gentle warmth. Clean and balanced — proves BenRiach's peated spirit works brilliantly at cask strength
Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.
Maturation
The wood it came through
First-fill bourbon barrels and charred/toasted virgin American oak casks — 100% intensely peated Highland malt
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