Benriach continues creative legacy with latest Cask Collection

Speyside Distillery, Benriach, has launched its latest single cask bottlings, Benriach Cask Edition Collection 2022. Continuing Benriach’s creative legacy, each of the nine expressions have been drawn from single casks, each chosen by Master Blender Rachel Barrie to offer a rare and unique insight into the versatility of Benriach cask styles.

Limited to a few hundred bottles per cask, each Cask Edition is bottled at cask strength, its most natural and non-diluted form, providing an unadulterated glimpse into the spirit of Benriach Distillery. Age statements range on Cask Edition Collection 2022 from 12 year old to 27 year old.

Rachel Barrie, Master Blender at Benriach Distillery, commented: “Our ‘sleeping beauties’, as we often call our maturing casks, continue to be sourced from all over the world, enabling us to creatively explore the full flavour possibilities of Speyside Single Malt.

“Each individual Benriach cask tells its own story of classic or peated spirit matured in specially selected oak over years and through seasons, a journey of flavour captured at a unique moment in time, never to be repeated in quite the same way again.

“From the Marsala Wine Hogshead bringing out the sweetness of clementine, apricot and cherry blossom, to the Pedro Ximénez Puncheon with intense heather honey, butterscotch and sultana, each selected cask allows the drinker to explore a distinctive aspect of Benriach’s fruit-laden style.”

Benriach Cask Edition Collection 2022 is available to purchase from specialist retailers in select markets globally from March 2022.

Benriach Cask Edition Collection 2022 for USA.

Cask #10297

Cask Type: Marsala
Age: 23 Years Old
Style: Classic
Colour: Polished brass
Nose: Clementine, apricot, nectarine and cherry blossom, with maple and vanilla syrup
Palate: Orange and honey glazed chocolate cake with apricot and redcurrant jelly
ABV: 55.4%
Total number of bottles: 264
Availability: USA

Cask #3812

Cask Type: Pedro Ximénez Puncheon
Age: 12 Years Old
Style: Classic
Colour: Antique gold
Nose: Toasted raisin brioche, with layers of butter, sultana and orange marmalade
Palate: Heather honey, butterscotch and lemon curd on sultana and hazelnut bread
ABV: 58.2%
Total number of bottles: 642
Availability: USA

Cask #15058

Cask Type: Oloroso Puncheon
Age:24 Years old
Style: Classic
Colour: Mahogany
Nose: Crème brûlée with hazelnut and toasted vanilla on a base of cedarwood, spiced apple and mocha
Palete: Chocolate orange and hazelnut cake with raisins, dried apple, apricot and sultana
ABV: 55.4%
Total number of bottles: 641
Availability: USA

Benriach Cask Edition Collection 2022 for APAC (Asia-Pacigic).

Cask #1858

Cask Type: Pedro Ximénez Puncheon
Age: 24 Years
Style: Smoky
Colour: Demerara gold
Nose: Charred black cherry, baked orange and apple, with cranberry, tobacco and smouldering oak
Palete: Oak smoked baked apple, raisin and blueberry pastry, with vanilla and pepper dusted liquorice
ABV: 54%
Total number of bottles: 645
Availability: APAC

Cask #3603

Cask Type: Barolo Wine Hogshead
Age: 23 Year Old
Style: Classic
Colour: Auburn
Nose: Black cherry, redcurrant and cinnamon spiced wine with vanilla and traces of chocolate tobacco
Palete: Cherry wine gums and toasted honeycomb with blackcurrant toffee and lingering baking spice
ABV: 55%
Total number of bottles: 257
Availability: APAC

Cask #14491

Cask Type: Bourbon Barrel
Age: 24 Years Old
Style: Classic
Colour: Gold
Nose: Banana bread, toffee apple and peach, with honey and vanilla dusted with cinnamon
Palete: Sweet cherry and almond cake, with icing sugar and crystallised ginger
ABV: 54.9%
Total number of bottles: 150
Availability: APAC

Benriach Cask Edition Collection 2022 for Europe.

Cask #7776

Cask Type: Rum Barrel
Age: 24 Years Old
Style: Classic
Colour: Polished Gold
Nose: Golden rum, waxy pineapple and coconut cream with soft marshmallow and butterscotch
Palete: Apple, raisin and crystallised sugar with pineapple, cinnamon, candied lemon and dark chocolate
ABV: 53.6%
Total number of bottles: 166
Availability: Europe

Cask #2059

Cask Type: Oloroso Puncheon
Age: 27 Years Old
Style: Smoky
Colour: Burnt Orange
Nose: Smoked pine nuts, orange wine and crème caramel, with maple syrup and dark chocolate fudge cake
Palete: Dark chocolate lime and candied pear with smoked walnut bread, liquorice and baked currants
ABV: 53%
Total number of bottles: 659
Availability: Europe

Cask #7423

Cask Type: Virgin Oak Barrel
Age: 24 Years OId
Style: Classic
Colour: Orange Sunset
Nose: Red apple, toasted cinnamon and honey with aromatic oak and sandalwood
Palete: Honeycomb, caramelised demerara sugar and aromatic sweet apple, with warming oak spice
ABV: 53.2%
Total number of bottles: 244
Availability: Europe

For more details on the full portfolio please visit www.benriach.com

About Benriach Distillery

A Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky as intriguing and extraordinary as Benriach could not have come to be without a unique whisky making heritage, dating from 1898, when founder John Duff built his distillery. Ruggedly beautiful, Benriach stands on the site of the old Riach farm in north Speyside, drawing water from a mineral-rich aquifer, deep beneath the distillery.

Thanks to a long-standing tradition of distilling three styles of whisky; classic unpeated, Highland peated and triple distilled, together with an eclectic selection of casks from around the world, our whisky makers are able to explore the full flavour possibilities of Single Malt, creating some of the richest, most multi-layered whiskies in Speyside.

This tradition continues today, under the guidance of Master Blender, Rachel Barrie. Benriach is the story of a hidden Speyside gem, quietly revealing its treasures to be discovered and savoured.

Source: Benriach Distillery