Color: white wine.
Nose: a very ‘funny’ start on ancient roses, muscat and litchis. Settles down a bit after that, getting a little less exuberant and more on vanilla and soft spices, but there’s also a return on both kiwis and cut grass. This one is highly entertaining but we get very little peat.
Taste: it’s amazing how the palate is in the keeping with the nose, for it’s all on gewürztraminer again. That is to say litchis, Turkish delights, ripe strawberries and a fresh spiciness that gathers ginger, cloves, star anise and cardamom. Quite spectacular and unlike any other malt whisky, let alone a Benriach. Once again, very little peat. With water: it IS gewürztraminer. More muscatty notes as well.
Finish: long
