Single Malt Whiskey Benriach 2010/2023 Best Dram Oloroso Speyside, 56.9% vol.

Dry and fruity on the nose with baked apple and orange, then becoming sweeter with fig, raisins, and marzipan. Full-bodied on the palate. An initially dry fruit sweetness with currants and dark chocolate transforms into distinctly aromatic and spicy notes of leather, oak, and freshly ground coffee beans. Complex on the finish. More spice and renewed fruit notes of cherry and flambeed apple, followed by an unexpected smokiness with malt. Technical data: distilled 11/2010, bottled 01/2023 by the independent bottler Best Dram from Germany. Matured in a first-fill Oloroso hogshead 7970, 244 bottles produced.