Benrinnes 15 Year Old Flora and Fauna Single Malt Scotch Whisky 70 cl

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Nose: A rich nose, presenting an early impression of chocolate liqueurs - perhaps rum filled, although there is a light sherry-wood note as well. Light smokiness, and a dense floral note. 'Vintage car upholstery' describes it best. An evocative combination of old leather, oil, burnt rubber and exhaust fumes. With water, similar but fresher; polished wood, a piney note. Still a heavy nose. The vintage car leather scents persist when further reduced - at which a faint mustiness creeps in. The nose is herbal and lightly fruity with flavours of prunes, marzipan and dark chocolate. Distinct sherry notes are then followed by very faint smoke. Clearly, this has been matured in first-fill ex-sherry casks. Without prejudice to the section Liability below, the Service may be temporarily unavailable during maintenance, updates, etc. We shall make reasonable efforts to inform you of any unavailability due to maintenance or updates.

Benrinnes distillery was established in 1826 and is located in Aberlour in Banffshire. A flood destroyed the distillery in 1829, and it was rebuilt in 1835. Ownership of the distillery changed a number of times until it was acquired by John Dewar & Sons in 1922. In 1974, Benrinnes changed its distillation process to a “partial triple distillation process”, meaning that the feints from all (wash, feints and spirit still) distillations were redistilled in the low wines still and the first part of that was added to the spirit run. This process was abandoned in 2007 when the distillery switched to a more common configuration of two wash stills and four spirit stills. The 15-year old ‘Flora & Fauna’ bottling was first released in 1991 and remains the only semi-official bottling regularly available. Unless mandatory applicable law provides otherwise, your use of and membership to the Service are exclusively governed by Dutch law. We shall first try to settle any dispute over a dram of whisky. Disputes that cannot be settled over multiple drams of whisky shall be solely submitted to the court of Amsterdam, The Netherlands unless mandatory applicable law provides otherwise. Each and every Member must be of legal drinking age in its country of residence to be allowed to use the Service. If no such law exists in a Member’s country of residence, the Member has to be over 21 years old to use the Service. We have the right to ask you to provide proof of your age and/or to provide further identification to prevent underage usage and/or for any other legal or legitimate purpose. By using the Service, and by creating an account you represent, warrant and confirm that you are of legal age.Another example was at the end of our day in Oban. We were planning on returning to our accommodation in Ederline, only to change our minds and walk up some side streets and lanes.We walked well off the beaten path.Did we know where we were going?No.But we had faith in The Bumble.Up a hill, past a neighbourhood, and down a hill, and then string of old buildings with storefronts emerged - and one of the stores was a whisky shop. The distillery is destroyed by a flood, but a new distillery is erected by John Innes a few miles away

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A rich, sweet and smooth single malt whisky which sees Benrinnes’ fresh, green estery Speyside characteristics subsumed in its dark aromas. This nicely textured single malt is rich and luscious with meaty and savoury characteristics.If we decide not to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms, such decision shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. My whisky of choice, admittedly, is a heavier, meatier, oilier, richer dram.I can and do appreciate lighter whiskies, but if given the choice, they’re not the pours that come to my glass.You might say that worm tubs are my friends.