Benriach 2010 / 13 Year Old / PX Sherry Finish / Berry Bros & Rudd Speyside Whisky

Tariq Hassan — Absolute sherry bomb

9/10

This is everything I want from a PX finish — dark dried fruits, sticky toffee, and a long chocolate finish. At cask strength 60.7% it's a beast neat, but a few drops of water open it up beautifully. Worth every penny of the £96 price tag for an independent bottling of this quality.

Astrid Nilsen — Absolute sherry bomb

9/10

This is everything I want from a PX finish — dark dried fruits, sticky toffee, and a long chocolate finish. At cask strength 60.7% it's a beast neat, but a few drops of water open it up beautifully. Worth every penny of the £96 price tag for an independent bottling of this quality.

Jorge Castillo — Absolute sherry bomb

9/10

This is everything I want from a PX finish — dark dried fruits, sticky toffee, and a long chocolate finish. At cask strength 60.7% it's a beast neat, but a few drops of water open it up beautifully. Worth every penny of the £96 price tag for an independent bottling of this quality.

Yuki Nakamura — Solid Speyside with real depth

8/10

Picked this up on a whim and I'm glad I did. The sherry influence is well-integrated, not overdone — raisins and plum on the nose, then baking spices and oak on the palate. Thirteen years has given it nice complexity without losing that classic Benriach fruitiness.

Amira Benali — Solid Speyside with real depth

8/10

Picked this up on a whim and I'm glad I did. The sherry influence is well-integrated, not overdone — raisins and plum on the nose, then baking spices and oak on the palate. Thirteen years has given it nice complexity without losing that classic Benriach fruitiness.

Derek Chang — Solid Speyside with real depth

8/10

Picked this up on a whim and I'm glad I did. The sherry influence is well-integrated, not overdone — raisins and plum on the nose, then baking spices and oak on the palate. Thirteen years has given it nice complexity without losing that classic Benriach fruitiness.

Finn OBrien — Nice but not exceptional

7/10

Decent sherry-finished Speyside that does what it says on the tin. Raisins, toffee, some gentle spice. My issue is that for £96 there are PX-finished whiskies out there with more going on. It's a perfectly good dram and I enjoy it with a cube of ice, but it doesn't quite stand out from the crowd for me.

Sibel Nur — Nice but not exceptional

7/10

Decent sherry-finished Speyside that does what it says on the tin. Raisins, toffee, some gentle spice. My issue is that for £96 there are PX-finished whiskies out there with more going on. It's a perfectly good dram and I enjoy it with a cube of ice, but it doesn't quite stand out from the crowd for me.

Daniel Oyama — Nice but not exceptional

7/10

Decent sherry-finished Speyside that does what it says on the tin. Raisins, toffee, some gentle spice. My issue is that for £96 there are PX-finished whiskies out there with more going on. It's a perfectly good dram and I enjoy it with a cube of ice, but it doesn't quite stand out from the crowd for me.

Nia Okafor — Good but the ABV fights you

7/10

I like this whisky but at 60.7% it really needs water and time to settle. Without it, the alcohol heat masks some of the sherry sweetness. Once tamed it's pleasant — fig, dark chocolate, a hint of nuttiness — but for nearly a hundred quid I expected it to drink easier out of the bottle.

Ravi Krishnan — Good but the ABV fights you

7/10

I like this whisky but at 60.7% it really needs water and time to settle. Without it, the alcohol heat masks some of the sherry sweetness. Once tamed it's pleasant — fig, dark chocolate, a hint of nuttiness — but for nearly a hundred quid I expected it to drink easier out of the bottle.

Clara Johansson — Good but the ABV fights you

7/10

I like this whisky but at 60.7% it really needs water and time to settle. Without it, the alcohol heat masks some of the sherry sweetness. Once tamed it's pleasant — fig, dark chocolate, a hint of nuttiness — but for nearly a hundred quid I expected it to drink easier out of the bottle.

Haruki Sato — Berry Bros picked a good cask

8/10

You can trust BB&R to select well and this doesn't disappoint. Rich PX sherry notes — think Christmas cake and stewed plums — sitting on top of a clean Speyside malt. I drink it neat with a splash of water. At 13 years old it's hit a sweet spot of maturity without being over-oaked.

Adaobi Eze — Berry Bros picked a good cask

8/10

You can trust BB&R to select well and this doesn't disappoint. Rich PX sherry notes — think Christmas cake and stewed plums — sitting on top of a clean Speyside malt. I drink it neat with a splash of water. At 13 years old it's hit a sweet spot of maturity without being over-oaked.

Camila Ortiz — Berry Bros picked a good cask

8/10

You can trust BB&R to select well and this doesn't disappoint. Rich PX sherry notes — think Christmas cake and stewed plums — sitting on top of a clean Speyside malt. I drink it neat with a splash of water. At 13 years old it's hit a sweet spot of maturity without being over-oaked.

Zoe Chen — One of my favourite recent purchases

9/10

I keep coming back to this bottle. The nose alone is incredible — dark berries, molasses, a whiff of leather. On the palate it's thick and warming, all dried fruit and spice. Cask strength Benriach with a proper PX finish at this age is hard to beat. Already thinking about grabbing a backup.

Marco Andretti — One of my favourite recent purchases

9/10

I keep coming back to this bottle. The nose alone is incredible — dark berries, molasses, a whiff of leather. On the palate it's thick and warming, all dried fruit and spice. Cask strength Benriach with a proper PX finish at this age is hard to beat. Already thinking about grabbing a backup.

Natalie Ford — One of my favourite recent purchases

9/10

I keep coming back to this bottle. The nose alone is incredible — dark berries, molasses, a whiff of leather. On the palate it's thick and warming, all dried fruit and spice. Cask strength Benriach with a proper PX finish at this age is hard to beat. Already thinking about grabbing a backup.