Benriach 8 Year Old 2013 Carn Mor 47.5% 70cl Chartreuse

Benriach 8 Year Old 2013 Carn Mor 47.5% 70cl ChartreuseBenriach 2013 Aged 8 Years Old Sherry Cask Matured 47. 5% Vol Nose: Dried fruits, hints of apricots with a sweet damson jam note, some hints of polished leather and dates, with a hint of chocolate and raisin, this dram is superbly balanced on the nose. Palate: A smooth and creamy chocolate, sweet baking spices and runny honey, rolling tobacco leaf and toasted almonds, adding a nice little twist to the opening of the palate, with dark forest fruits,

(Please note the inside of the carton has a small amount of damage to the base of the carton outside of the bottle insert see image 2 for details)

some spices and nutmeg

golden honeycomb and hints of marzipan

Remarkably for the hue

some bolder flavours come to the mid and back palate along with a succulent pineapple and banana split

Distillery was Est in 1811 closed in 2011

Palate: Sweet vanilla

the finish is warming and smooth with hints of dark toffee and spice

which imparted a surprisingly early maturity

Ripe pears and sweet plumbs

a complex dram that changes with each sip

Creamy soft orange fondant with glazed candied peel