Ben Nevis OB 25yo 55.4% alc.

(LFW Tasting Notes)

A single cask bottling of 638 bottles, distilled in 1984 and re-racked from bourbon casks to a sherry cask in 1998, bottled in May.

It’s no secret we love special Ben Nevis bottlings, great presentation and a very fair price. Cask No. 98/35/13 continues this tradition with an interesting variant on the last.

This dram is big, my notes say “many things”, referring to the myriad of sherry-wood characters; oak, bitterness, woodiness, smouldering matches. Big sherry-wood notes, bananas, ash, greenhouses (geraniums). Well balanced with a coffee, earthy & oranges finish.

Overall it’s a little clumsy but a sherry-fan’s ace.

Square J7 on the Flavour Map
On the Rich side of Rich and Smoky

Cask # 98/35/13

Distilled 20 December 1984 and put in Bourbon barrels

Transferred to Sherry butts 14 October 1998

Bottled May 2010

Limited to 638 bottles having spent almost 14 years in fresh Bourbon casks and then the remainder in fresh Sherry butts.

Added to LFW.CO.UK 21-July-10

Price excluding VAT: £76.17
£89.50 Including VAT at 17.5%

Visit Loch Fyne Whiskies at www.lfw.co.uk

and WI tasting note at https://www.whiskyintelligence.com/2010/04/ben-nevis-25yo-56-ob-c98511-628-bottles-distilled-121984-bottled-012010-scotch-whisky-tasting-note/