Benrinnes Whisky is the perfect candidate for a cask like this because it is not easily overwhelmed by active casks. Finn Thomson Whisky Benrinnes 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky 2012 Cask #312881 offers a rich combination of raisin and date flavours from Italian dessert wine, paired with savoury notes from Scottish whisky. This intense burst of flavour brings sophistication and elegance with each sip a celebration of this collaboration between Italy and Scotland.

This Finn Thomson Benrinnes 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky, 2012 Cask #312881 is one of 290 Bottles from a Single Cask.

Sitting in a wine bar in Milan in November ahead of Milan Whisky Festival Finn found himself reaching for one of his latest innovative cask samples. This was a single cask of Benrinnes that had spent 8 months lying in a Passito di Caluso wine cask. As Finn sipped the new sample he compared it to the wine itself, trying to fully understand how the intensely sweet and fruity wine had integrated with the meaty and nutty style of this Benrinnes single cask.

Passito di Caluso is a Sweet Italian dessert wine from the Piedmont region. It has a production process that goes all the back to 500 BCE when the Ancient Greeks would pick the grapes from their September harvest and increase their sweetness by sun-drying them before fermentation. Nowadays it is a much more uncommon method but the ‘Passito’ style of wine is a hidden jewel amongst the world’s sweet wines.

About the Producer

Finn’s 6x great-grandfather James Thomson, born in 1713, was farming by day and, as dusk falls, distilling a secret that will one day become his family’s legacy: aqua vitae, the water of life.

Read the rest of the great family history on the Finn Thomson website

Representing the ninth generation, Finn Thomson is a young man who has inherited his family’s 300-year-old passion for whisky.

Thirsty to pair passion with knowledge, Finn sought opportunities to learn every aspect of the bottler’s craft: spending time with Miguel Torres in Spain and Casa Pedro Domecq in Mexico, as well as tutelage from some of Britain’s best-known Scotch whisky merchants.

Fuelled by the natural instinct for creativity and entrepreneurship that has pulsed through Thomson veins for centuries, Finn is now embarking on his biggest adventure yet. With a reverence for those who have walked before him, Finn Thomson is bringing new life to the family business. The story continues for the next generations.