Hidden Spirits - BENRINNES - 23 ans - Millésime 1997 - 52,80%
Founded by Andrea Ferrari in 2013, Hidden Spirits is a relatively new Italian independent bottler and online whisky shop, which prides itself on the meticulously careful selection of its bottlings. Hidden Spirits has its bottle labels designed by different Italian artists, and offers a variety of expressions under several series. Today the company has distribution deals in Germany, Hong Kong, Australia, Bulgaria and the UK.
Benrinnes is located in Aberlour, in the Speyside region of Scotland. The first time whisky was produced at the site of Benrinnes distillery was in 1826, when a distillery was founded by Peter McKenzie. This distillery was destroyed by a flood in 1829, and was rebuilt in 1835 in the outbuildings of a farmhouse by John Innes, and officially founded under the name Lyne of Ruthrie. The distillery went bankrupt, and Lyne of Ruthrie was sold to William Smith. He changed the name of the distillery to the present name Benrinnes before selling the property to David Edward who ran the distillery until his son Alexander Edward took over operation of the distillery. In 1896, the distillery was damaged in a fire. It was rebuilt, modernised and expanded. Between 1974 and 2007, Benrinnes used a unique partial triple distillation process, abandoned since then.