Benriach Distillery recently announced the arrival of the Benriach Cask Edition, the first single cask single malt Scotch whisky bottlings ever available in the US from the distillery.
Like GlenDronach’s recent cask release, each of the three expressions exclusive to the US have been drawn from individual casks selected by Master Blender Rachel Barrie to offer an insight into the versatility of Benriach’s eclectic cask styles.
Limited to a few hundred bottles per cask, each whisky is bottled at cask strength, providing an unadulterated glimpse into the spirit of the Benriach Distillery. Age statements range from 12 to 27 years old.
“Our ‘sleeping beauties’, as we often call these casks, continue to be sourced from all over the world, enabling us to creatively explore the full flavor possibilities of Speyside Single Malt,” said Master Blender Rachel Barrie. “Each cask will tell its own story of a journey of flavor where the spirit is married with oak, over years and through the seasons, to really create a unique moment in time never to be repeated again.”
“From the Marsala Wine Hogshead cask bringing out clementine, apricot, nectarine and cherry blossom flavors, to the Pedro Ximénez Puncheon with intense notes of heather honey, butterscotch and sultana, each cask allows us to explore a different aspect of Benriach’s fruit-laden character,” Barrie added.
Benriach 2009 Cask 3812 is a Pedro Ximénez Puncheon cask that yielded 642 bottles at 116.4 proof and retails for $100 in California, Kentucky, Oregon, Washington, Georgia, Massachusetts, and New York. Benriach 1998 Cask 10297 is a Marsala cask that yielded 264 bottles at 110.8 proof and retails for $330 in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Delaware, Washington DC, Florida, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Wisconsin. Benriach 1997 Cask 15058 is an Oloroso Puncheon cask that yielded 641 bottles at 110.8 proof and retails for $380 in Georgia, Massachusetts, New York and additional major metro markets.
