Basic Flavors: Dried Fruit, Citrus, Sweetness, Herbs, Oils (Ethereal), Leather, Wax, Alcohol Description: The nose is somewhat difficult to access at first glance, as the Ben Nevis 10 instantly brings out a whole potpourri of flavors without any highlighting particular note. A mix of juicy raisins and sweet prunes will fill your nostrils with a generous helping of citrus flavors: lemons, oranges, and pink grapefruit create a fresh counterpoint. There is also a basket of light and sweet fruits: overripe pears, pineapple and a hint of bananas. Almost strange, how much happens here. Spicy herbs (heather) a little oily-ethereal, reminiscent of furniture polish, candle wax and some leather complete the diffuse, but extremely interesting and delicious overall profile. At the first impression, I felt the alcohol, by the way, something stinging in the nose, but at the latest after the first small sip puts the. Chapeau.

Basic flavors: dried fruits, citrus fruit, fruits, sweetness, spices, oak, licorice, leather, earth Description: Gentle, sweet and slightly creamy, the drop hits the tip of the tongue. First, a pleasant spice with a slight tingling sensation on the tongue noticeable. In addition to some white pepper especially liquorice is shown to advantage. This is really a pleasant spice, no sharpness - burning does nothing here. Quite quickly, however, the sweet-and-juicy dried fruit pushes back into the foreground. A mix of raisins and prunes takes over the command and memories of sweet wild strawberries come up. Something difficult to describe, earthy is also there and subtly swing orange with. In the transition to the finish, it is accordingly sweet and sour. Milk chocolate meets dry oak and some leather, and the mouthfeel gets increasingly dry. The taste is nothing to the beautiful nose.

Basic flavors: dried fruit, oak, sweetness, citrus, leather Description: The finish is medium to long. Dark dried fruit flavors and oak sound sweet and tart after. At the back there is a beautiful mix of oranges and harsh leather tones. The oak ensures that it dries up over time, with a certain basic sweetness always being preserved. At the end of the combination, the mouthfeel is similar to that of shells of darker grapes.

The first sniff brings a fair amount of sulphur, think of burned matches, which is quickly accompanied, or better suppressed, by a very waxy profile. Lots of paraffin together with multiple metallic notes, such as iron and copper. The copper cable of electric wires. The nose is quite electric too. I now get many fresh fruits including kiwi, apples, unripe mangos, melon, and some lemon curd. A tiny amount of water (do not add too much, it is “only” 46%) brings new leather, a strange hint of plastic, and more waxes.

On the palate, I am directly taken to the farm. Hay, stables, and mud. Joined immediately by a fruity side with lemons and apples. The fruits appear beautifully waxy. Obviously there is copper, which I often find in Ben Nevis. The palate is deliciously dirty. Water brings more fruits (more lemon and oranges) mixed with mud, roots, and metallic dust. Maybe a hint of cardboard and magazines at the end.

More of the above.

The colour is pale gold and the texture shows fast thin legs and late small tears. The nose offers a light grassy and nutty profile with hints of heather honey.

On the palate the nutty flavours dominate, imbedded in a honey-sweet and firm wooden structure. The grassy aromas are somehow gone.

The mouthfeel is warming and peppery with (at least) a slightly coating touch. The finish is of medium length and adds some nice dark chocolate flavours to the party.

Notes from a blind tasting.

Fruity with pear and pineapple, sweet, (honey?), Fresh wood, light mint with little alcohol. After a while, the flavors change towards floral / herbaceous.

A bit tart and hot on the tongue, then the fruit, sweet honey, malt, fresh wood, some chocolate

Medium-long, spicy, fruity, slightly sweet, with the spicy portion getting the upper hand at the end.

Initially, the typical Nevis herbal note, but this is over time and it is very exotic fruity, canned pineapple, white gummy bears, tannin, lemon zest and juice, later orange and orange blossom, vanilla, spice, so a creamy oak note as if oak dust floating in space - greasy, resinous oak dust

sweet, fruity, mildly refreshing, cooling mint on the tongue and tart resinous herbs on the palate (mint, thyme, resinous sticky rosemary, pine needles and also a little cannabis flowers) all accompanied by a spicy oak note without bitterness, a slight waxy note

Coffee and chocolate notes, the tongue is cool and pleasantly tingling, sherry sweetness and dryness spread, the finish is quite long