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Benriach 2000 Aged 20 Years Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Signatory Vintage (700ml)

$460.00

Benriach 2000 Aged 20 Years Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Signatory Vintage (700ml)

Volume: 700ml           ABV: 59.4%           Age: 20 Years Old           Country: Scotland

Cask Number(s): 1
Date of Distilling: 24/05/2000
Date of Bottling: 16/04/2021
Matured In: Refill Sherry Butt then Finished in a Fresh Sherry Butt for 8 months.

Signatory Vintage are an independent bottler founded in 1988 by Andrew and Brian Symington. The name ‘Signatory’ was derived from the initial intention to find a person of suitable standing to sign the labels for bottles drawn from a single cask. The first cask bottled was a 1968 Glenlivet which quickly sold through long before any suitable signee could be found.

Signatory currently bottle at three strengths: 43%, 46% Unchillfiltered (UCF) and Cask Strength.To add proof of authenticity to their cask strength bottlings, Signatory always include the cask numbers, date of distillation, date of bottling and number of bottles produced.Signatory Vintage’s aim is to offer as wide a range of whiskies as possible, some of which are not even bottled by the proprietary distillery. This allows malt enthusiast to sample the huge variety of subtle differences which occur between casks.

Since 1898, the BenRiach distillery has very quietly been producing quality single malt scotch whisky, which has only ever been enjoyed in very small quantities, by a few discerning individuals who have been fortunate enough to come by a bottle. BenRiach, located in the Heart of Speyside – just south of Elgin, using casks containing the highest quality whisky has taken the industry experts by surprise due to their complexity and subtlety. Single malts from BenRiach have been called “perfection”, faultless” and “astounding” in Jim Murray’s 2014 Whisky Bible. With the BenRiach Aged 16 Years taking out Best Speyside Single Malt in the recent 2015 Icons of Whisky” “World Whisky Awards. Some are no less than outstanding examples of the art of whisky production. This whisky stock, reflecting the skill, knowledge and experience that has gone into the making of BenRiach is testimony to the many years stretching back to the 19th century during which the distillery built its reputation. Few distilleries in Scotland hold such a history and few today can have quite such an exciting future.

This single malt whisky was distilled in 2000 at the BenRiach distillery before being placed in a refill Sherry Butt then finished in a fresh Sherry Butt for 8 months. In 2021 it was bottled at 59.4% ABV as part of the Signatory Vintage Cask Strength Collection.

Our Tasting Notes

Nose: Freshly made summer pudding is drizzled with warm melted dark chocolate, a thick shot of good coffee, orange oil and shaved oak balance it out.

Palate: Ginger nut biscuits and thin butter pastry, polished oak and cinnamon spice.

Finish: Dense fruit cake with baking spices and toasted almonds.

 

Aged

20 yrs

Country

Scotland

Brand

BenRiach

Flavour Profile

Cask Strength, Sherry Cask

Production Year

2000

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