The Benriach Curiositas Peated Single Malt Scotch Whisky 10 Year

The opening aroma is pleasingly smoky and soot-like, then the bouquet opens up to include aromas of creosote, olive brine and cigarette ash. The palate entry is warming, nougaty sweet and sap-like; at midpalate the chunky flavor profile offers a well-integrated marriage of barley malt and sweet smokiness/peatiness. Finishes on a sweet, grainy note.