Ben Nevis 1996 TWA

Name: Ben Nevis 1996 TWA
Brand: Ben Nevis
SKU: 67358
Rating: 89.08 (95 reviews)

Overall rating: 89.08/100
votes: 95

Whiskybase ID: WB67358
Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Ben Nevis
Bottler: The Whisky Agency (TWA)
Bottling serie: Circus
Vintage: 1996
Bottled: 2015
Stated Age: 18 years old
Casktype: Refill Hogshead
Number of bottles: 276
Strength: 52.7 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Bottle code: 15/0208 27.02.15
Bottled for: Joint bottling with The Nectar
Added on: 27 apr 2015 12:19 pm by Bishlouk

Average value

€ 397.81

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Whisky Reviews for Ben Nevis 1996 TWA

15 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 89.08 points

thijs100 scored this whisky 90 points
08 aug 2019 3:08 pm
A top notch single malt from a cult distillery.

Nose

Fresh with green grapes, granny smith apples, lemon peel and hints of oranges and peaches. Wonderful fruity DNA. A whiff of vanilla custard also, accompanied by honey. Great mix of sweet, fresh and sour.

Taste

Pink grapefruit and tangerines with soft tannins, a whiff of cardboard and a pinch of pepper. A touch of vanilla pods too. Superbly fruity with a great balance.

Finish

Lingering spices and a fresh sweetness.
Hvdree scored this whisky 88 points
14 aug 2016 11:52 pm
- Nose
  
  89 89
- Taste
  
  87 87
- Finish
  
  87 87
Andytka3 scored this whisky 89 points
16 may 2017 2:15 am
N- Fat vanilla butter that caught your attention, boiled white fruits, pear with some candy and gum-ish. Sweet notes of creme brulee and full of depth.

P- Sweet herbs, solvent and oak fragrant. Pickled ginger that gives it a spicy and sweet nuance with scents of sweet spice.

F- Medium, gingery, warming with peculiar mixes of sweet fruit and oak fragrant. Greasy and full texture. — at The Whisky Bar, Kuala Lumpur.
- Nose
  
  89 89
- Taste
  
  90 90
- Finish
  
  88 88
wncvirus scored this whisky 89 points
29 mar 2022 11:17 pm

Nose: Honeycombs, peach, tea items, apple, pear
Taste: Along with the first sip, you can feel a basket of sweet fruit drenched in honey in your mouth. Also noticeable creaminess in taste
Rating: 89 | 100 Medium-long finish quite smooth. Well, a very nice dessert whisky. It is nice to taste such flavors. I think that it can be recommended
dram-drinker scored this whisky 89 points
04 dec 2021 3:52 pm
Fruity, austere, vanilla - reminds me of some good Irish - pretty good

Nose

89 89

Vanilla, green fruits, carambol, little leafy, lime peel, honeydew, green apple, wet hay, green banana, hints of exotic fruits, papaya, mango - really not bad

Taste

90 90

Little punchy, peppery, more papaya, subtle sweetness, honeydew, vanilla, little ginger, green fruits, austere, little herbs - very good

Finish

89 89

Medium, long, warm, spicy, zesty, peppery, little more punchy, grapefruit, lime peel
Tastingbros scored this whisky 88 points
23 jun 2021 12:54 pm
Full review here:
https://tastingbros.com/2021/06/23/another-1996-ben-nevis-duo/

Nose

88 88

Taste

89 89

Finish

88 88
Baanaanaabob scored this whisky 89 points
01 oct 2019 11:04 pm

Apple honey grapefruit citrus herbs, very enjoyable
stefsel111 scored this whisky 89 points
25 feb 2019 10:23 pm
Nose

89 89

Taste

90 90

Finish

89 89
goran scored this whisky 88 points
02 feb 2016 5:07 pm

N: floral, perfume limit
B: ginger, tangy, syrupy
F: dry fruit, slightly fruity, herbaceous, refreshing bitterness
The water makes the fruits stand out even more and the grassy side (BT2015)
lincolnimp scored this whisky 91 points
29 nov 2015 10:14 pm

This is real quality, having some again it is my favourite fruity whisky at the moment.
Black Widow did not rate this whisky
24 nov 2015 10:41 pm

This Whisky was sold for 165,-€ at Whiskyauction 11/2015
Black Widow did not rate this whisky
20 nov 2015 7:27 pm

This Whisky was sold for 133,-€ at Whiskyauction 10/2015
lincolnimp scored this whisky 91 points
20 nov 2015 12:53 am
- Nose
  
  91 91
- Taste
  
  92 92
- Finish
  
  90 90
lincolnimp scored this whisky 91 points
20 nov 2015 12:52 am
WITH WATER

The nose is more restrained now and some of the fruitiness appears to have gone. There are a few toffee notes now.

Palate is really good and even sweeter now the water has opened it up a little.

Finish seems a little longer and still sweet and very smooth.

I really like Ben Nevis in general and this is an excellent independent bottling.

Nose

The proverbial fruit basket but white fruits, apple, pear and maybe tangerine (sweet orange). Leave it a while and there is honey mixed in.

Taste

Creamy mouthfeel and again very fruity and sweet.

Honeycomb/cinder toffee, pear, mango.

Finish

Medium length but very smooth with it.
Banzai scored this whisky 89 points
05 aug 2015 9:39 pm
What a fruitbomb! A lot of tropical fruit, sweet, creamy and spicy, butter, citrus. Great Ben Nevis!
- Nose
  
  90 90
- Taste
  
  89 89
- Finish
  
  90 90

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