The much-anticipated release of Benromach's 40 year old has now arrived, bottled from a small quantity of first-fill ex-Oloroso sherry casks that matured for four decades. Distillery manager Keith Cruickshank's tasting notes write of a vibrant and citrus note that builds to ginger, stewed fruit and fudge, with a rich beeswax polish quality coming through. To taste, the seville orange flavour gives way to underlying spices, Demerara sugar and a soft herbal character, finishing long on complex oak overtones. An exceptionally rare whisky, with just 1,047 bottles available world-wide.
