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The BenRiach
Distillery Company unveil three new cask
finish whiskies.
The BenRiach Distillery Company have
unveiled three new cask finish whiskies,
BenRiach tell me that all three are
stunning examples of Master Distiller
Billy Walker’s unique ability to marry
whisky with wood to create complex,
sublime drams.
From the BenRiach distillery itself come
two intriguing single malts – the
BenRiach 15 years old Sauternes finish
and the BenRiach 18 years old Albariza
which is a peated whisky finished in
Pedro Ximenez sherry casks from Southern
Spain.
And from its sister distillery
GlenDronach comes a new GlenDronach 18
year old Marsala Cask Finish which owes
its distinctive flavour to the influence
of a small number of Marsala hogshead
casks.
All three of the new expressions will be
available from specialist whisky shops
such as
The Whisky Exchange from
today.
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The
BenRiach 15 years old Sauternes wood
finish is matured in the traditional
style in American bourbon barrels, then
finished in Sauternes casks from the
Bordeaux region of France. Sauternes
gives its name to an award-winning
dessert wine and the finishing effect on
the whisky is stunning, as the tasting
notes reveal.
The BenRiach Albariza is distilled from
peated malted barley, matured in
American oak casks and then finished in
Pedro Ximenez sherry casks. The whisky
has been named after the white soil with
high chalk content whose characteristics
make it the best type of soil for
growing grapes used in the production of
sherry. This whisky combines the
distinctive BenRiach aroma of peat with
a silky sherry sweetness to make it a
memorable dram. 
The GlenDronach 18 year old Marsala cask
finish. This unique expression was
initially matured in European oak casks
and thereafter finished its maturation
in a small batch of Marsala hogsheads.
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