Benrinnes 23 Year Old 'Circles' 2000 Maltbarn UAIS

Benrinnes 23 Year Old 'Circles' 2000 Maltbarn UAISBenrinnes 23 Year Old 'Circles' 2000 Maltbarn 51. 8% 70cl An exciting Benrinnes release, distilled way back at the turn of the millennium and sourced by independent bottler Maltbarn. The ex bourbon cask yielded just 127 bottles, with the single malt presented at natural colour and without chill filtration. A gorgeous example of long aged Speyside liquid.

vanilla pod and hints of pepper

Suffolk-based brewer and distiller Adnams has done something special with this release

But before we start to grieve the loss of this excellent bottler

This double-matured blended Scotch was first crafted in 1994 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the oldest recorded reference to Scotch

The flavour is intense and fresh with hints of golden apples and citrus fruit

Smokehead Sherry Bomb 48% 70cl

Palate: Summer pudding

sweet and tangy notes with cherries and honey with spiced apple like notes

matured in Sherry Butts ahead of a further addition of rich Islay peated single malts then moved into an Oloroso Hogshead to give this Vatting a nice rich structure

Intense notes of sandalwood

Palate: With a fruity opening we find its more smoky now

reracked from a refill Hogshead in November 2020