Ben Nevis ages 8 years 2014/2023 Oloroso Sherry Butts Signatory Vintage - The Decanter Collection
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- WhiskyJason reviews Ben Nevis ages 8 years 2014/2023 Oloroso Sherry Butts Signatory Vintage - The Decanter Collection
This Ben Nevis from 2014 matured in selected Oloroso sherry butts until it was bottled for the new Decanter Collection by the independent bottler Signatory Vintage.
Whiskybase ID WB243738
Category Single Malt
Distillery Ben Nevis
Bottler Signatory Vintage (SV)
Bottling serie The Decanter Collection
Vintage 2014
Bottled 2023
Stated Age 08 years old
Cask Type Oloroso Sherry Butt
Strength 46.0 % Vol.
The use of the decanter is very odd, since they pulled it from the considerably more expensive Edradour IBISCO bottlings (I thought they would be reserved for the 25+ Premium Edradour bottlings).
odd - isn't it
Good upload thx jason
Here we call ash that gets on your food rocky mountain salt & pepper
Its good for you lol
interesting!!
Ben Nevis is nice but the younger bottlings are hurting its reputation. They need to go for a 12 or 14 year to make it shine
I am not really sure about that - but we will see!
Nice review, Jason :)
I had a sample of this Ben Nevis last week and my thoughts and feelings about it pretty much mirror the ones you have shared in the review. The dacanter bottle is absolutely not needed. The simple packaging of "The Un-chillfiltered Collection" is perfectly fine by me, especially if I don't have to pay extra for a fancy lump of glass. As for the taste of the whisky: almost textbook, young, modern, sherried dram. The distillery character is swamped by the casks influence but still that subtle whiff of smoke in the finish is pretty nice. The only think I absolutely didn't like was the sharp nip in the taste. To me it wasn't anything like white pepper but more like hot sting.
All in all, decent whisky and OK-ish value, given the current state of the market.
Still, I would be more happy with a bottle of Ben Nevis with at least 2 more years worth of maturation in ex-bourbon or refill sherry casks.
Cheers!
yes very true - The distillery character is swamped here by the cask influence
I quite agree with you, Jason, that the decanter bottles are just a waste of (our) money. Ucf collection bottles are perfectly fine, and those could even ditch the cardboard tube although then there may be issues with sunlight given the uncoloured glass. I'd rather have undecorated labels than pay for (even ai) artworks because I'm buying a bottle of whisky not a picture. Yes, some labels are pretty but many others are not, and whether tasteful or tasteless (aesthetically) they all are without taste (organoleptically).
That's an interesting and very plausible explanation re. why some Ben Nevis are only a little peated. I've tried far fewer (2?) than you but from what (little) I've read it's a distillery with great potential appeal to my whisky inclinations--grubby, savoury, etc. "Clean", unpeated Ben Nevis seems often to taste of liquorice-flavoured boiled sweets/hard candy.
interesting - "Clean", unpeated Ben Nevis seems often to taste of liquorice-flavored hard candy.
thanks!