Benriach 10 Years Curiositas
The heavily peated Benriach Curiositas shows a thick cloud of smoke. After the smoke is gone you find some smoothness and sweetness that is being replaced by spices. The finish comes with a bit of peat smoke again and a slight bitterness.
The heavily peated Benriach Curiositas shows a thick cloud of smoke. After the smoke is gone you find some smoothness and sweetness that is being replaced by spices. The finish comes with a bit of peat smoke again and a slight bitterness.
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Nosing
Peat Smoke:
Sweet:
Fruit:
Herbs:
Heather:
Vanilla:
Oak:
Bonfire Smoke:
Honey:
Pear:
Spices:
Apple:
Caramel:
Floral:
Malt:
Zitrus:
Alcohol:
Berries:
Cake:
Medicinal Smoke:
Barley:
Cherry:
Chili:
Plum:
Sherry:
Tasting
Peat Smoke:
Spices:
Sweet:
Oak:
Chili:
Fruit:
Malt:
Pepper:
Herbs:
Heather:
Salt:
Vanilla:
Zitrus:
Maritime Notes:
Herb:
Leather:
Bonfire Smoke:
Nuts:
Sherry:
Alcohol:
Apple:
Barley:
Cake:
Chocolate:
Floral:
Green Apple:
Hay:
Honey:
Lemon:
Medicinal Smoke:
Mint:
Oil:
Finish
Peat Smoke:
Spices:
Oak:
Sweet:
Malt:
Herb:
Pepper:
Herbs:
Heather:
Zitrus:
Maritime Notes:
Bonfire Smoke:
Chili:
Coffee:
Iodine:
Tobacco:
Vanilla:
Chocolate:
Fruit:
Nuts:
Strawberry:
Apple:
Berries:
Cake:
Grape:
Grapefruit:
Honey:
Leather:
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Quality rating of this bottle
3.7
Rate
108
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Quality comparison of bottles
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All tasting notes
06. May 2015
Nosing:
Peat smoke, apples and pears
Taste:
Oak, spiciness, peat smoke
Finish:
Medium with tar
Peat smoke, apples and pears
Taste:
Oak, spiciness, peat smoke
Finish:
Medium with tar
10. Oct 2016
With 46% ABV, no chill-filtration and natural color, BenRiach 10 Curiositas is a craft presentation of a peated Speyside Single Malt. On the nose, you get hay, fresh herbs and a punch of peat smoke with bitter honey and faint saltiness. The peaty arrival is strong and mouth warming, turning aromatic and distantly sweet in the development. However, it also tastes slightly harsh and youngish. Dry peat smoke with some wood cask bitterness characterizes the rather weak finish. To conclude, it's a decent peated whisky but it doesn't have the caliber of Islay malts.
RATING: 3.5/5.0 ≙ 86 pts
RATING: 3.5/5.0 ≙ 86 pts
16. Jan 2017
Nosing: 
Taste:
Finish:
Comment:
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Finish:
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05. Mar 2017
Nosing: coal tar soap, hospitals, creosote, roofing felt on a hot day. menthol,
Taste:
Finish:
Comment:
coal tar soap, hospitals, creosote, roofing felt on a hot day. menthol, Taste:
Finish:
Comment:
31. May 2020
Nosing: 
there is this cookie like sweetness to the nose. Like fresh baked goods. but not a ton.
if there is a smokiness, it is nothing at all like the Islay's. Earthy, 
Taste:
this is like the definition of an "earthy" malt.
Finish: quite quick for a smoky one.
Comment: This is medium peated, and a different kind of peatiness than the Islay's...it's definitely a weird one. I am not a "peat freak" but do enjoy the Islay's from time to time. But I'm not sure this one does it for me. Think I'll stick to Laphroaig. But if you are a peat freak this may be worth a sip as a change of pace from the heavy iodine profile of the Islays. I do enjoy Benriach, but not sure this is for me.
there is this cookie like sweetness to the nose. Like fresh baked goods. but not a ton. if there is a smokiness, it is nothing at all like the Islay's. Earthy, Taste:
this is like the definition of an "earthy" malt.Finish:
quite quick for a smoky one.Comment: This is medium peated, and a different kind of peatiness than the Islay's...it's definitely a weird one. I am not a "peat freak" but do enjoy the Islay's from time to time. But I'm not sure this one does it for me. Think I'll stick to Laphroaig. But if you are a peat freak this may be worth a sip as a change of pace from the heavy iodine profile of the Islays. I do enjoy Benriach, but not sure this is for me.
21. Jun 2020
26. Jul 2015
02. Jan 2016
03. Feb 2016
Nosing: Strong peat smoke and slight medicinal property. Pome type fruits
Taste: Peat smoke, tannin, spice. Tingles sides of tongue pleasantly.
Finish: Moderate. Peat smoke on exhale through the nose. No iodine after taste which is a plus for me.
Comment: Tasting was done with 4 or 5 drops of water. Very nice fairly heavily peated Speyside whisky. Goes very well with a full bodied cigar.
Taste: Peat smoke, tannin, spice. Tingles sides of tongue pleasantly.
Finish: Moderate. Peat smoke on exhale through the nose. No iodine after taste which is a plus for me.
Comment: Tasting was done with 4 or 5 drops of water. Very nice fairly heavily peated Speyside whisky. Goes very well with a full bodied cigar.
29. Apr 2020
