29 year old
BenRiach 1984 Peated Tawny Port Finish
picks up a "Best Peated Whisky" in the
2014 Malt Maniacs Awards.
 The BenRiach Distillery Company has
come away from the Malt Maniacs 2014
Awards with 11 medals this year for its
three whisky brands BenRiach,
GlenDronach and Glenglassaugh.
Leading the way in this years Malt
Maniacs Awards was the superb 29 year
old BenRiach 1984 Peated Tawny Port
Finish from cask no. 4051 which picked
up a silver medal for "Best Peated
Whisky" in the Ultra Premium category. Distilled in
Elgin in 1984 and bottled in July 2014
at 50.3% ABV, then released in August
2014 as part of the distillery’s 11th
batch of single cask bottlings, with
just 269 bottles produced. The effects
of the second period of maturation in a
Tawny Port Hogshead are sensational, as
Master Distiller Billy Walker’s tasting
notes show.
BenRiach 1984 Peated Tawny Port Producer's Tasting Notes:
Colour:
Deep crimson velvet.
Nose: Sweet wild strawberries and
dark blackcurrants infused with gentle
charcoal smoke, delicate garden herbs
and distant hints of mint.
Taste: A mouth-watering
explosion of burning hillside heather
smoke merges with sharp cranberry and
wild meadow honey.
Finish:
Earthy and grassy peat lingers
satisfyingly on the long palate.
The annual Malt Maniacs competition
has three categories - Daily Drams,
Premium Whiskies and Ultra Premium
Whiskies – and within each category it
offers five awards, including Best
Peated Whisky. The judges also
acknowledge quality whiskies by awarding
gold, silver and bronze medals.
 The Silver Medals are:
- BenRiach 1984 29 Year Old, cask
no. 4051, Peated, Tawny Port Finish,
Batch 11
- GlenDronach 1993 21 Year Old,
cask no. 475, Customer Exclusive
- GlenDronach 1995 19 Year Old,
cask no. 1563, Customer Exclusive
The Bronze
Medals are:
The company also scooped eight bronze
medals for all three of its brands -
BenRiach, GlenDronach and Glenglassaugh:
- GlenDronach 18 Year Old Allardice
- GlenDronach 1991 22 Year Old, cask
no. 1346, Batch 10
- BenRiach 15 Year Old Pedro Ximenez Finish
- Glenglassaugh Torfa
- BenRiach Solstice 17 Year Old,
Peated, Tawny Port Finish
- GlenDronach 18 Year Old Tawny
Port Finish
- Glenglassaugh 1968 45 Year Old,
cask no. 1601, Batch 1
- Glenglassaugh Evolution
Sales Director Alistair Walker
said: "We are delighted to win these
terrific awards because they are
given by true whisky lovers who are
incredibly knowledgeable and
passionate about whisky. They devote
a massive amount of time and effort
to nosing, tasting, sampling and
re-sampling all the entries, so to
win one of their awards and a total
of eleven medals is a huge
compliment."
The Malt Maniacs Awards cap a very
successful year for the company.
Earlier this month Whisky Magazine
voted the BenRiach Distillery
Company "Whisky Distiller of the
Year" and it celebrated its tenth
anniversary as an independent
company.
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