Benrinnes 30 yo 1984/2015 (56.6%, Silver Seal, cask #2268, 480 bottles) There’s a beautiful elephant on the label, let’s hope the whisky won’t be too pachydermic (lame, S.).
Colour: white wine
Nose: rather in the style of the 23 yo, which the pale colour already suggested. Chalk, lemon, ‘good’ sulphur, clay, bandages, citrons, hints of eucalyptus, lamp petroleum, glycerine… Totally spirit-driven after all these years, that’s the… hey, that’s the spirit! With water: whisky chalkiness at its best.
Mouth (neat): lovely notes of lemon oil, sesame oil, quinces… It’s perfect whisky, seriously, only good refill wood and a long ageing may give you this. Dazzling.
