The golden liquid is unmistakably Johnnie Walker Red Label. The unique taste starts with a rush of spicy flavours including cinnamon and pepper thanks to its use of younger whiskies in the final blend. Zesty, fruity apples and sophisticated Speyside Malt notes conclude in a smoky burst on the tongue.

The BenRiach Curiositas uses a heavily peated malted barley as the cereal varietal to produce a unique, fresh, peated expression. This rare peated single malt, from the Heartland of Speyside, has wonderful overtones of peat reek, combined cleverly with a background of fruity, floral, heathery notes and an appealing presence of oak wood in the finish.

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Traditionalists believe that peated malts achieve optimum balance of peat-bittersweet and oak infusion after 10 years of maturation. In fact, peated BenRiach is a return to the original Speyside character and flavour of malts typical of the nineteenth century. Curiositas is a distinctive and welcome addition to the Speyside scene – this is a dram to be savoured with a dash of water.