品飲日期:08/12/4

1. X4 50% OB 4 times distilled

Lightly peat, new spirit distilled at 90% and bottled down to 50%

C: water

N: vanilla ice cream, clean, fresh, green apple peer, mint, honey, heather, cinnamon

T: light, spicy, oil, fresh, some mint, honey and a little bitter

F: short, cinnamon, mint candy

B: drinkable

2. Resurrection Dram 2001 46% OB American Bourbon

Lightly Peat 10ppm

C: light yellow

22 N: fresh cream, vanilla, some smoky oak cask, camembert cheese, yellow fruit, sweet, toffee, slightly peat at the end

21 T: light, a little dry, but full of texture, grapefruit, vanilla, sweet and fruity

21 F: short, plenty of flavors, tangerine, orange peer, fruity, honey cake

21 B: good balanced both for nosing and tasting, enjoyable

3. First Growth 16yo Chateau Lafite 46% OB 12000Bts

Lightly Peat 3ppm

C: light amber, light gold

21 N: fresh, light fruit, peach, pear, orange, honey, then just like Fanta?

21 T: medium, a little dry, fruity, smoky, peay, round and smooth, raisin, plum, cock apple

21 F: medium, orange, raisin, a little chocolate, plum, matured fruit w/ good texture at the end. Good cask finished

21 B: balanced! But a little stirred?

4. Links Valhalla 15yo Chateau Climent 46% OB 18000Bts

C: yellow gold

23 N: rich fruit, orange, tangerine, peach, pineapple, pear, very fruity. Followed by some pudding, apricot, honey, then some smoke wood cask, good layers

22 T: medium, round and rich, sweet and elegant, fruity, orange, pineapple, peach, plum, honey

22 F: medium->long, orange, raisin, grapefruit, vanilla, turn to deep fruit flavor in finish. good texture and complexes

22 B: good balanced. Very beautiful and good layers. Impressive!

5. Golder Still 198 23yo 51% OB First Fill Bourbon 4900Bts

C: yellow gold

24 N: toffee, tropical fruit, a little coconut, plum, cream, honey, lemon cake, sweet and complexes. w/ rich and plenty fruit of flavors

23 T: medium, a little dry, toffee, raisin, vanilla, oil, then plum, rich and warm, very fruity, fine oak cask!

23 F: long, very long, coconut, plum, raisin, toffee, apricot, good texture w/ some smoke fruit in finish

21 B: good balanced! Good layers and complexes. Very enjoyable!

PS. Blacker Still: Oloroso sherry cask; Redder Still: Chateau Lafleur

6. Port Charlotte 7 61% OB

Peat 40ppm

C: light amber, red gold

22 N: heavily peat, salty, dash, dusty, smoke wood cask. Then some heather, walnut, apple peer after added some water

22 T: light->medium, a little dry, bitter, ginger. full texture and rich peat, heather

22 F: long, deep and plenty of peat, ginger, full texture

22 B: balanced. Well matured!

7. Octomore 5yo 64.5% OB

Heavily peat 131ppm

C: light yellow

22 N: peaty, much more peaty, salty, sea weed, smoky, a little vanilla

22 T: medium, very creamy, sweet peat, salty, dry. A little burn at the throat

22 F: long, very long, still sweet peat, salty

21 B: balanced.

這次Bruichladdich品酒會讓我對這家蒸餾廠過去的印象有蠻大的改變,尤其是口感部份. 可能是因為PC7的進步讓我印象較深刻的緣故(當然個人還是偏好PC5多一些). 另外就是Golder Still,一點都不像只有23yo的酒,甚至比喝過的幾支Legacy酒質都要來的好,只可惜沒有23yo的價位,不然肯定敗他的幾支…