BenRiach
Curiositas 10 Year Old
(0.7l, 46%)
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Peat it is, you see, but from the forest, not the sea.
The BenRiach distillery, one of the few independent Scottish distilleries left, was founded in 1898 by John Duff. The distillery has largely remained inactive during the 20th century since it was mothballed in 1900 due to the collapse of a major Scotch Whisky purchaser. It was reopened again in 1965, but remained struggling until 2004 when it was acquired by an independent consortium. The company is now lead by two South African funding partners, Geoff Bell and Wayne Keiswetter, and Scotch expert Billy Walker.
The Curiositas 10 Year Old is an unusual Whisky to be made in a Speyside distillery, they’re more commonly produced in the western isle of Islay. It’s aged, as the name suggest, for 10 years in oak casks, reaffirming the traditionalist’s belief that peated malts achieve an optimum balance of peat-bittersweet and oak infusion after 10 years of maturation. The Curiositas 10 Year Old has a PPM Value (Phenol Parts per Million) of 55, which is very high.
The BenRiach distillery, one of the few independent Scottish distilleries left, was founded in 1898 by John Duff. The distillery has largely remained inactive during the 20th century since it was mothballed in 1900 due to the collapse of a major Scotch Whisky purchaser. It was reopened again in 1965, but remained struggling until 2004 when it was acquired by an independent consortium. The company is now lead by two South African funding partners, Geoff Bell and Wayne Keiswetter, and Scotch expert Billy Walker.
The Curiositas 10 Year Old is an unusual Whisky to be made in a Speyside distillery, they’re more commonly produced in the western isle of Islay. It’s aged, as the name suggest, for 10 years in oak casks, reaffirming the traditionalist’s belief that peated malts achieve an optimum balance of peat-bittersweet and oak infusion after 10 years of maturation. The Curiositas 10 Year Old has a PPM Value (Phenol Parts per Million) of 55, which is very high.
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StyleSingle Malt Whisky
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RegionSpeyside
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CountryScotland
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Alcohol46%
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DistilleryBenRiach
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BottlerBenRiach
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Age10 Year Old
Flavour Spiral™
About The Flavour Spiral
smoky
honey
phenols
vanilla
slightly sweet
oak
citrus
cereal
sour
What does BenRiach Curiositas 10 Year Old taste like?
The Flavour Spiral™ shows the most common flavours that you'll taste in BenRiach Curiositas 10 Year Old and gives you a chance to have a taste of it before actually tasting it.
We invented Flavour Spiral™ here at Flaviar to get all your senses involved in tasting drinks and, frankly, because we think that classic tasting notes are boring.
The Flavour Spiral™ shows the most common flavours that you'll taste in BenRiach Curiositas 10 Year Old and gives you a chance to have a taste of it before actually tasting it.
We invented Flavour Spiral™ here at Flaviar to get all your senses involved in tasting drinks and, frankly, because we think that classic tasting notes are boring.
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Whisky or Whiskey? The spelling differs geographically. In Scotland and some other parts of the world distilleries usually spell it Whisky; in Ireland and USA they spell it Whiskey.
Tasting Notes
Appearance / Colour
Rich golden amber.
Smell / Nose / Aroma
Sweet peat combined with hints of honey, cereal grains, citrus fruit and oaky vanilla.
Flavour / Taste / Palate
A complex mix of honey sweetness, heather, nuts, malted barley, iodine and citrus.
Finish
Long and bittersweet. Fresh with vanilla, honey, cocoa, dried grass and fennel. An enjoyable lingering smoky peatiness.
Rich golden amber.
Smell / Nose / Aroma
Sweet peat combined with hints of honey, cereal grains, citrus fruit and oaky vanilla.
Flavour / Taste / Palate
A complex mix of honey sweetness, heather, nuts, malted barley, iodine and citrus.
Finish
Long and bittersweet. Fresh with vanilla, honey, cocoa, dried grass and fennel. An enjoyable lingering smoky peatiness.
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Ratings & Reviews
Polona,
Strong peaty - farmy, mineraly
Not balanced sweetness in the taste
Robert,
too much of a smoke flavor, tastes like someone dropped some liquid smoke into the bottle
Andrew,
Great flavor. Smooth and smokey finish. If you like scotch, this is very pleasant.
Richard,
Great for the price
Alex,
Nicely smoky with just enough sweet to notice it; the peat is not over baring at all. Makes for a very nice drink to sip.
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