BenRiach 15 Years Old
Sauternes Wood Finish
Winning Bid
£56
NO RESERVE
BenRiach 15 Years Old
Sauternes Wood Finish
Lot #0271211
FINISH DATE
29 February 2016
From BenRiach 'Wood Finish' range, this 15 year old has been matured in the traditional style American Bourbon casks. The whisky is then finished in Sauternes wine barrels, sourced from the Bordeaux region of France. During the second period of maturation the whisky interacts with the oak wood and derives a number of additional flavours and aromas.
BenRiach
Benriach has a chequered history since its foundation in 1898. Sold shortly afterwards, as its owner, John Duff, couldn’t afford to keep it going along with the Longmorn distillery. Things didn’t improve for a considerable period of time; 65 years in fact. As the doors closed at Benriach in 1900 for that period of time. Fortunately, the distillery survived and sprung back into life and was expanded in 1985 with a new set of stills. Good times didn’t last too long as the distillery closed its doors again in 2001, but Billy Walker saw the potential and a substantial inventory. Arguably it was only in the following years that we all began to understand what Benriach could deliver, as did Brown-Forman who purchased the distillery in 2016.
Lot Features
Region
Scotland, Speyside
