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Posted by on 03/16/2015

竹鶴威士忌 Taketsuru 17 years Pure Malt Whisky

 

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竹鶴 Taketsuru 威士忌是調合麥芽威士忌 Blended Malt,如果只用自家酒廠出品,那就是余市宮城峽了。對我等港燦來說,竹鶴 Taketsuru 威士忌是在日本機場免稅店的必買之物,尤其是廿一年陳,其免稅價加上低水的日元,和在香港買一瓶麥卡倫十二年相差無幾。酒好喝,價錢平,怎能不買?

竹鶴 Taketsuru 威士忌,我有喝過台灣日本市場的二十一年陳及不同版本的十二年陳,但就是未有喝過中堅的十七年陳,有朋友送來樣本,正好一試,多謝。

Taketsuru 竹鶴 17 years Pure Malt, 700 ml, ABV 43%

氣味: 乾棗,紅蘋果,乾花,橙花軟糖,乾草
口味: 黑朱古力,焦糖,焦木,柑橘皮
餘蘊: 中等長度,焦木,黑咖啡。
結論: 香甜的乾果和清甜的水果氣息,清香的乾花,繼後帶橙花香的糖果,唯有點酒精氣息纏繞。酒體稍薄,偏重焦香,未有承繼甜美的氣味,餘蘊也是焦苦,但不刺激,夠味道。氣味是香甜清爽,不甜膩,但較單調,酒體欠結實,過於鬆軟,亦不複雜,餘蘊反而不錯,可平衡不足之處。整體來說不是差的,但對個人來說,之前實在有太大期望,結果有點落差,飲得過吧。

English  Version of Tasting Note

Taketsuru whisky is a blended malt whisky, mostly a blend of Yoichi and Miyagikyo. Taketsuru whisky is almost a must-buy in Japan airport’s duty-free shops to Hong Kong whisky lovers. For example of the Taketsuru 21 years old, by favor of duty free and week Japanese yen, the price of this dram is almost a Macallan 12 years old in Hong Kong retail shop. Good whisky with nice price tag, how can you resist it?

As to Taketsuru whisky, I have tasted the 21 years old for Taiwan market and Japanese local market respectively, and both new and old bottlings of 12 years old, but just the mainstream 17 years old absent. Appreciate to a sample of this dram from a friend of mine that I can have opportunity to fill this gap.

Taketsuru 17 years Pure Malt, 700 ml, ABV 43%

Nose: dried date, red apple peel, dried flower, orange blossom favor  gummy, hay
Palate: dark chocolate, caramel, charred wood, mandarin peel
Aftertaste: Medium length, charred wood, black coffee
Conclusion: Combination of sweet dried fruit and refresh fresh fruit, delicate fragrance of dried flower, followed by gummy with orange blossom favor, a bit of hot alcohol. Slightly thin body, sweet note not carry forward to palate, trend to toasty, so as to aftertaste but rich and comfortable. The note of this dram is of sweet and refreshing but flat, lack of weight in body, loose and not complex, good aftertaste that compensate the deficiencies from other aspects. Indeed it is a good whisky but just the discrepancy between my high expectation and outcome.

Taketsuru 竹鶴 17 years Pure Malt (圖片來自網絡)

Taketsuru 竹鶴 17 years Pure Malt (圖片來自網絡)

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