Benriach Unveils A Pair Of 40’s
Speyside distillery Benriach has released a pair of 40-year-old single malts – The Forty and Forty Octave Cask Matured.
Benriach The Forty was matured in peated casks, bottled at 43.5% alcohol by volume (87 proof) is said to offer notes of dark chocolate, grapefruit, orange, peach, plum and red apple.
Benriach The Forty Octave Cask Matured was matured in small octave casks [an eighth of the size of a regular cask], bottled at 51.5% alcohol by volume [103 proof] and is said to offer notes of cedar, cherry, pear, plum and red apple.
Benriach The Forty is being made available for $4085 per bottle while only 135 bottles of Benriach The Forty Octave Cask Matured are being made available exclusively in global travel retail venues for $4850 per bottle.