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.
Average tasting notes Tasting Notes |
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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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All tasting notes
RATING: 3.5/5.0 ≙ 86 pts





Taste:







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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.
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.
