Tasting - 2009八月份社團品酒
地點: 中山北路伯朗咖啡
Benrinnes 1991/2008 17yo (55.8%, Special Drinks Ltd., Hogshead C#705 210Bts)
C: yellow
21 N: oak, vanilla, cream, some wood cask. Fragrant, then some powder, cookie, toast
21 T: medium, a little dry and spicy, creamy, ginger, cookie, vanilla, fresh and smooth, neatly wood cask
21 B: balanced, better for tasting, a lovely bottle, drinkable
Benrinnes 1994/2008 14yo (50%, DL OMC, Sherry Butt C#4428 661Bts)
C: amber
19 N: some bitter Ale, nuts, rich grass juice,草藥,醬菜, then some sweet chocolate, cocoa
20 T: medium, orange peal, rich and round,麵醬, a little sour, milk, soy milk,味霖
20 B: balanced, maybe more complexes if we wait for more time
Benrinnes 1984/2008 24yo (58.6%, Sigv., Refill Butt C#115 598Bts)
C: yellow
19 N: a little sandal wood, prune, hay,藥草,醬汁, then some powder, degraded fast? Raw bean, cinnamons
18 T: medium, dry and spicy, some bitterness, cocoa, good impact, but flat and few complexes
19 B: somehow, flat, few complexes, bad butt?
Benrinnes 1984/2005 21yo (57.8%, Adelphi C#146 576Bts)
C: dark amber, brown
21 N: gun fire, sulphur from begin, some raisin, orange, chocolate, followed by some plum, cinnamons, rich, dark sherry
22 T: full, dry and spicy, round and rich, raisin, orange, chococlate, strong impact and direct, very intense
21 B: good balanced, both for N & T, better to spend more time after sulphur spread out, good extension
Benrinnes 1980/2008 27yo (53.1%, Blackadder Raw Cask, Hogshead C#1353 27/120Bts)
C: yellow
21 N: some tangerine peal, citrus, prune, followed by some powder, vanilla, melon peal, more fruit at the end
22 T: medium, a little dry and spicy, very oil, creamy, very good impact, tangerine, ginger, cream cake, good texture
22 B: good balanced, both for N & T
插花酒:
Rosebank 1990/2008 17yo 46% Hart Brothers
C: light yellow
21 N: beautiful flowers, elegant and fragrant, sweet, flower honey,野薑花,白薔薇, followed by some ginger, vanilla, clean and fresh, then a little 白花油, powder
21 T: light, clean, fresh fragrance, some ginger, vanilla, then some beautiful flower tea spread out in the mouth, but few variant then
20 B: balanced, better for nosing, elegant, but few complexes.
Mortlach 1989/2006 16yo 56% Sigv. C#2834-35 B#2074/
C: yellow
17 N: some tangerine peal, powder, a little sour, degraded very fast, also variant very fast, not acceptable
18 T: light -> medium, ginger, cream, a little muddle
18 B: somehow for tasting, but terrible for nosing in progress
Springbank 1991/2004 13yo 54.2% MMcD C#430 B#214/
C: light yellow
20 N: fresh fragrance, a little tangerine peal, vanilla, some thin wood cask, white peppers
20 T: light -> medium,些許鮮苔味, grass, a little dry, ginger,石灰, pepper
20 B: balanced, but not my style