Ben Nevis 17 Year Old 1993 Ibisco Decanter Signatory

Ben Nevis 22 Year Old 1996 Archives ‘Reptiles’

Archives is het label under which the owners of Whiskybase bottle and in 2018 and 2019 they bottled two hogsheads of Ben Nevis 1996. Hogshead #521 got a reptile on the label and was shipped to Shinanoya in Japan, hogshead #1862 got a fish and remained in Europe. I am happy to be able to put them head-to-head, starting with the 22 years old for...

Score 86/100

Ben Nevis 1991 / 23 Year Old / Sherry #2914 / Signatory

Ben Nevis is a distillery near Fort William at the foot of the mountain with the same name. It is, by the way, the highest mountain in the UK with its peak at 1344 meters. In my experience Ben Nevis can be somewhat hit & miss, so let’s see how I like this 23 year old from 1991. It was bottled by Signatory in 2015 in their well-known Cask...

Score 89/100

Ben Nevis 8 Year Old 2012 Dimensions

This is a very young Ben Nevis, bottled by Duncan Taylor in their famous Dimensions series. It’ s a single sherry cask from which they have drawn only 85 bottles, exclusive for the Dutch shop Bams. Fruity and dirty, that’s a nice summary of this nose. For those who prefer a little more detail: banana, pineapple, blood oranges, grapefruit and...

Score 87/100

Ben Nevis 22 Year Old (1991) Sherry butt (Signatory) Cask 2910

Nose: Interesting. You can detect the Sherry but it's not overkill. There's a hint of oranges, raisins, toffee and spices. Palate: Lemon, oranges and raisins. Finish: Fruity and warm. Dry with spice late on. Balance: The Sherry is ever-present without blasting everything else away, but... it all seems a little confused. There almost needs to be...

Score 89/100