This Benriach 10 year old has wonderful overtones of peat reek, combined cleverly with a background of fruity, floral, heathery notes and very appealing.

Nose: Sublimely medicinal, sweet grassy asphalt and heather. Hints of malmsey.

Palate: At once sweet and heavily smoked. Peppery spice tingles, iodine, a warm nuttiness.

Finish: Bittersweet, dry wood, creosote and phenol, and fennel, in fact.