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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690
Benriach
Scotland, Speyside
Single Malt Whisky
10 Years
46%
0.7 l
Original bottling
Oak cask
Chill filtration - Without
Average tasting notes Tasting notes
Calculated from 59 Tasting Notes
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Nosing
Peat Smoke:
Peat Smoke:
Sweet:
Fruit:
Sweet:
Herbs:
Herbs:
Fruit:
Heather:
Heather:
Vanilla:
Vanilla:
Floral:
Floral:
Zitrus:
Zitrus:
Caramel:
Oak:
Caramel:
Oak:
Bonfire Smoke:
Apple:
Apple:
Bonfire Smoke:
Malt:
Malt:
Honey:
Pear:
Honey:
Pear:
Spices:
Spices:
Medicinal Smoke:
Medicinal Smoke:
Cake:
Alcohol:
Berries:
Berries:
Cake:
Alcohol:
Chili:
Maritime Notes:
Salt:
Ham:
Nuts:
Cherry:
Grapefruit:
Chocolate:
Sherry:
Plum:
Lime:
Barley:
Chili:
Maritime Notes:
Grapefruit:
Sherry:
Cherry:
Chocolate:
Nuts:
Ham:
Lime:
Salt:
Green Apple:
Plum:
Barley:
Green Apple:
Tasting
Peat Smoke:
Peat Smoke:
Spices:
Sweet:
Sweet:
Oak:
Oak:
Spices:
Chili:
Chili:
Fruit:
Fruit:
Malt:
Malt:
Pepper:
Herbs:
Pepper:
Vanilla:
Herbs:
Vanilla:
Heather:
Maritime Notes:
Maritime Notes:
Salt:
Heather:
Salt:
Zitrus:
Herb:
Herb:
Zitrus:
Leather:
Bonfire Smoke:
Leather:
Caramel:
Nuts:
Bonfire Smoke:
Caramel:
Oil:
Nuts:
Oil:
Sherry:
Sherry:
Green Apple:
Medicinal Smoke:
Apple:
Floral:
Grapefruit:
Cake:
Honey:
Alcohol:
Mint:
Lemon:
Dark Chocolate:
Hay:
Alcohol:
Cake:
Mint:
Floral:
Grapefruit:
Lemon:
Green Apple:
Chocolate:
Medicinal Smoke:
Hay:
Barley:
Apple:
Chocolate:
Dark Chocolate:
Barley:
Honey:
Finish
Peat Smoke:
Peat Smoke:
Oak:
Oak:
Spices:
Spices:
Sweet:
Malt:
Sweet:
Malt:
Herb:
Herb:
Pepper:
Fruit:
Pepper:
Herbs:
Fruit:
Maritime Notes:
Herbs:
Maritime Notes:
Chili:
Chili:
Coffee:
Coffee:
Nuts:
Chocolate:
Bonfire Smoke:
Heather:
Chocolate:
Vanilla:
Iodine:
Iodine:
Bonfire Smoke:
Vanilla:
Zitrus:
Heather:
Zitrus:
Nuts:
Tobacco:
Tobacco:
Apple:
Apple:
Grapefruit:
Cake:
Oil:
Berries:
Honey:
Strawberry:
Leather:
Honey:
Cake:
Leather:
Grape:
Strawberry:
Berries:
Salt:
Grapefruit:
Salt:
Grape:
Oil:

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22. Nov 2021
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
19. Dec 2012
26. Sep 2020
10. Sep 2013
07. Nov 2013
Suzanne1967
16. Jan 2017
Nosing: Rauch Früchte Heide Vanille Süße Rauch Gewürze Floral

Taste: Rauch Gewürze Chili Süße Eiche Leder

Finish: Rauch Chili Gewürze Schokolade Süße Kaffee Malz Lagerfeuer

Comment:
Suzanne1967
05. Mar 2017
Nosing: Rauch coal tar soap, hospitals, creosote, roofing felt on a hot day. Früchte Süße Süße Vanille menthol,

Taste: Rauch Süße Chili Sherry

Finish: Chili Gewürze Kaffee

Comment:
14. Jul 2016
17. Jan 2017