Benromach 2010

Overall rating: 86.71/100
votes: 188

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Benromach
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Peat Smoke
Vintage: 2010
Bottled: 22.11.2018
Casktype: 1st Fill Sherry Hogshead
Number of bottles: 6500
Strength: 59.9 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Bottle code: 8154801080
Barcode: 5020613071049
Added on: 09 Mar 2019 9:57 am by old-smokey

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Whisky Reviews for Benromach 2010

25 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 86.71 points

thijs100 scored this whisky 89 points
21 Mar 2019 2:20 pm
As good, or maybe even better than I hoped. Peat and sherry is a proven combination, although not always executed well. That is not the case here. Once word gets out, I've no doubt that this'll fly of the shelves.

Nose

Oh man, this is rather enticing. Plenty of dry sherry notes, with a good amount of dried red fruits, as well as cherry syrup. But then there's this honey-glazed, meaty, barbecue-esque peat smoke that beautifully cuts through, accompanied by a hint of rubber, which may sounds unattractive, but really does work for me. Great balance.

Taste

Unmistakably Benromach, but sort of on steroids. The earthy peat and furniture polish work great with the dried red fruit, as well as the meaty barbecue smoke. Slightly syrupy and somewhat oily, with a hint of dark chocolate.

Finish

Lingering barbecue smoke and soft chocolate. Long.
Falnor scored this whisky 76 points
21 Apr 2019 10:20 am
This should be stellar. I really love Benromach and with a peat/ sherry combination at cask strength what else can you ask for?
Very popular, but still I could try this on two different occasions and both of them had the same outcome.

Nose

83 83

Right in your face, full flavoured and intense nose. Hot chilli peppers with red apple skins and some walnuts. Lots of dry sherry notes but it lacks depth and fruit. it's more a meaty and wood driven kind. Toffee and dark coffee. A lovely integrated earthy peat.

Taste

73 73

Oh no! This is just not good. Tar and burned rubber with lots of dry wood. Sawdust, pencil shavings and that in your face scent when you enter a woodshop.
Sour lemon skin and dried up forest fruit is the best I get that serves as fruit. Leather, grinded coffee beans and vinegar.

Finish

71 71

Even further from what I hoped it would be. Too much wood, burned caramel, some dusty leather sofas and dried fruit.
This is a horrible cask! Nothing like the sherry casks of old. No, this is more like a wine treated butt. The colour looks like sherry, but the taste is that from 3 months of sherry coating instead of years of seasoned sherry.
SweetlakeHP scored this whisky 60 points
23 Apr 2019 2:00 pm

Okay, a cask strength peat/sherry combination. Count me in. I see high reviews and people tell me it's a must have.

Nose

60
The nose is intense. Peppers with some nuts. The sherry is there. A bit of peat but not much else. I expexted some more layers.

Taste

60
Bleggghh..I've jus ate a car tire wrapped in a well used leather schoolbag. Hideous!

Finish

60
I don't know what to write. Too much burned rubber. Too much wood. It's a total disaster!
The nose was promising at first but it's all downhill from there.
Oogadal scored this whisky 78 points
30 May 2019 10:28 pm

Dissapointing dram, reminds me of the undrinkable Finlaggan CS from a few years ago. Both nose and taste is very spiritual, like a new make. Cask influence is minimal. To be honest this is not worth pouring a dram, barely drinkable. Scoring this above 80 is impossible, even for a newbie, this is just not good.
Tom na Gruagaich scored this whisky 85 points
03 Jul 2019 11:44 pm
a nice whisky, where surprisingly not only the sherry is in charge. The fire is still very noticeable. I like that. Ansonten but it is rather a more direct malt, yummy, but today at least he does not tempt me to taste flavor.

Nose

Sweet, sticky, sherry, peat smoke, clearly, but not too violent, one senses the typical Benromach smoke profile, fruity, also citrus, juniper, slightly sour, barbecue sauce. The sherry impresses clearly, but does not stick to the malt. The longer you smell, the more reserved the sherry in the overall profile. With water, the nose does not change much, rather less meaningful.

Taste

Pure edible, if strong, here are tart oak notes, sweet, slightly musty sherry and subtle peat. In the end, water does well and makes the malt more harmonious, even if it continues to be delicious, but only with oak, peat, sherry and citrus.

Finish

sweet sherry, bitter oak and a shovel of peat.
JacobaEd scored this whisky 75 points
17 Jun 2019 10:46 pm
Nose

83 83

Taste

72 72

Finish

70 70
MikerG2k scored this whisky 79 points
16 Jun 2019 10:46 am
Nose

78 78

Taste

84 84

Finish

76 76
Bam scored this whisky 83 points
27 May 2019 8:26 pm
The alcohol is very badly involved here, and dominates both nose and on the palate. Beautiful berry notes come through with water. Too dry for my taste. Very strong aromas, but especially on the palate very one-dimensional.

Nose

As expected first smoke and sherry, the smoke is warm, towards BBQ. The sherry brings along red berries, slightly sour, black cherries and currants. Brown sugar. Some umami is there, reminiscent of grilled chicken. Cocoa powder and old leather. Clear herbal note. Even diluted significantly, the alcohol is always unpleasant.

Taste

Dry onset, dried berries, but without sweetness, some smoke, and again herbs.

Finish

Short finish. The smoke and the oak combine to an unpleasant bitter note. Espresso.
Rowald Sweet Empire scored this whisky 89 points
26 May 2019 10:20 am

Full phatty powered oloroso matured whisky with a typical Speyside peat. It has a bit of Springbankesque funk (rubber/earthy) but I love it. Another piece of proof that Benromach works so well with sherry.
rpvdwel scored this whisky 79 points
04 May 2019 8:51 pm
Nose

83 83

Taste

77 77

Finish

78 78

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