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Benromach Contrasts: Virgin Oak

Scotch Single Malt Speyside
Age
10 years
ABV
46%
Introduced
2024
Flavour Fingerprint
Malt Light Fruit Citrus Floral Herbal Spice Sweet Dark Fruit Nutty Earth Maritime Smoke / Peat

The shape of Benromach Contrasts: Virgin Oak

This bottle's own signature across the twelve-axis Spirit Map — not the distillery average, but this exact expression.

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Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.

Tasting

How it drinks

Sight
Deep gold with amber highlights from aggressive virgin oak interaction; full legs
Nose
Fragrant with dried banana, lemon, and fudge. The virgin oak imparts an assertive sweetness and spice not found in the bourbon-matured core range
Palate
Bursts with Seville orange zest, butterscotch and smooth smoke. The virgin oak delivers intense vanilla, coconut, and baking spice. More wood-forward than any other Benromach expression. Bold and assertive
Finish
Long-lasting citrus finish with lingering butterscotch and oak spice. The smoke persists as a gentle background note. The virgin oak dominance gradually fades to reveal the malty Benromach spirit underneath

Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.

Maturation

The wood it came through

  • American virgin oak casks

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