Benromach Sassicaia

Name: Rating:	Benromach Sassicaia
Score:	81/100
ABV:	45%
Region:	Speyside, Scotland
Body:	Medium
Intensity:	Medium
Texture:	Medium
Balance:	Good
Best served:	Neat
Theme(s):	A striking syrupy sweetness is met with glazed cherries that appear to have lost their tartness, some dark chocolate and dry tannic wood
Tasting notes:	Nose: There is a vibrant sweetness within the aroma of this whisky that shines with glazed cherries and dates and flicker though a layer of dark chocolate and oaky vanilla bean; a refection of the fact that this whisky is finished for two years in Sassicaia wine casks (cabernet sauvignon mostly). Taste: This is offers a gust of sweetness on the palate that, unfortunately, seems to get a little too excited and runs off the edge as the glazed cherries lose their tart fruitiness and impart mostly syrupy sweetness that wrestles with dry wood and a tannic, almost furry, mouth-feel (there is that medium-heavy red wine shining though).   Finish: The syrupy sweetness lingers for a while and gradually fades and is replaced by subtle shades of spice and bitter oak.
Likes:	Subtle shades of wood and wine influence, something different
Dislikes:	I am not sure this works, mainly because of the sweetness and strange notes that emerge
Price:	$100 (Aus), £32 (UK)