Benrinnes 10 Year Old (North Star X Good Spirits Co. 10th Birthday Bottling)

(Good Spirits Co. Glasgow – Virtual 10th Birthday Whisky Tasting, 4th June 2021). Nose: Sherry, fruit, ash, char Palate: Leather, oak, fruit compote, berries, figs Finish: Long intense finish. Liquorice, wood, more dark fruit and dates. Apparently, this is actually an 11y/o, but they chose to market it as a 10y/o as part of the GSC 10th birthday celebrations. Surprisingly little cask influence. This is an intense whisky. It still doesn’t taste it’s 60.9% - but you couldn’t accuse it being a gentle dram! Very tasty. Came fourth out of the six drams, with 17% (8 votes) of the final vote for favourite of the night. 94% (44 votes) of those present said they enjoyed the whisky. This was my favourite of the tasting. I liked it enough to buy a bottle after the tasting.