Description

Three Cask Maturation Three cask maturation in bourbon, sherry and Marsala for creamy smoothness layered with ripened fruit, aromatic and smoked sweetness and warming oak spice.A Speyside single malt Scotch whisky as intriguing and extraordinary as Benriach could not have come to be without a unique whiskey making heritage, dating from 1898, when founder John Duff built his distillery. Ruggedly beautiful, Benriach stands on the site of the old Riach farm in north Speyside, drawing water from a mineral-rich aquifer, deep beneath the distillery.Thanks to a long-standing tradition of distilling three styles of whisky; classic unpeated, Highland peated and triple distilled, together with an eclectic selection of casks from around the world, our whisky makers are able to explore the full flavour possibilities of single maly, creating some of the richest, most multi-layered whiskies in Speyside.In the early 1970s, Benriach broke convention in Speyside by returning to distilling batches of whisky in the old, 19th century style, using malted barley smoked with Highland peat. This wood-rich Highland peat imparts distinctly sweet and smoky notes into Benriach peated whiskies.Bourbon Cask | Sherry Cask | Marsala Wine CaskBenriach The Smoky Twelve has been crafted from a combination of unpeated and peated spirit and three cask matured for at least twelve years in bourbon barrels, sherry casks, and Marsala wine casks. The whisky from each cask is then expertly married together to create a smooth, creamy single malt, layered with ripened fruit, aromatic smoky sweetness and warming oak spice, lingering into a cocoa and orange smoke finish, all in perfect balance.COLOUR: burnished goldNOSE: smoked vanilla, charred orange and toasted almondPALATE: dark chocolate, fruit peel, brown sugar and smoked oak, lingering into a cocoa and orange smoke finishDisplay Tubes/Boxes: Display boxes subject to availability.