Glenfiddich 21 years Gran Reserva
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前文介紹過兩益主辦的一場 Glenfiddich Whisky Dinner, 其中有兩款酒我是未有喝過的, 當中一款是無論於零售酒行和免稅店也很常見的 Glenfiddich 21 years old. 喝酒要講緣份, 可遇不可求的絕版單桶酒於過去數年時有機會喝得到, 但這尋常不過的標準酒款, 多年間也有一嘗的念頭, 但不知何故卻未又能喝到. 緣份這東西, 真玄哦.
Glenfiddich 21 years Gran Reserva, 700 ml, 40%
這是 Glenfiddich 標準系列中的高階酒款, 冧酒桶 Rum cask 過桶. 如果我沒有記錯的話, Glenfiiddich 的酒以香港的零售價來說算不貴, 這廿一年陳的酒款, 按香港 100% 酒稅後的零售價計, 也貴不了號稱免稅的免稅店多少, 留港消費吧. 呀, 不!交了稅金, 特區政府會用來買催淚彈對付真香港人的, 但於外地免稅店消費可算是倚靠外國勢力, 亦會損害本土經濟. 天哦, 為甚麼只是簡簡單單的喝杯酒, 你特區政府也要陷我們蟻民於這兩難之局哦
還是一喝解千愁, 喝吧.
氣味: 乾棗, 乾果, 朱古力, 椰糖, 肉桂, 香蕉皮
口味: 皮革, 焦糖, 黑朱古力, 肉桂, 焦木
餘醞: 中等長度, 木質, 多士
結論: 氣味豐富亦清脆, 混合了新鮮和乾果, 亦調和了甜點和香料. 中等酒體, 柔軟, 結構和氣味不同, 成熟和焦香味道, 梢苦. 中等長度的餘蘊, 柔軟舒服, 可細嚼. 很好的酒, 雖則氣味和口味有差別, 但沒有違和感. 明淨, 複雜性佳, 好酒.
English Version of Tasting Note
Glenfiddich 21 years old is a dram which I want to taste for years. It is very common and bearing moderate price tag in Hong Kong retail shops and duty free but I am just somehow not tasting this dram. I did by chance taste it at a whisky dinner held by a famous wines and spirits merchant Leung Yick last week.
Glenfiddich 21 years Gran Reserva, 700 ml, 40%
It is a rum cask finished whisky. It is positioned at top tier in Glenfiddich standard series.
Nose: Dried date, mixed dried fruit, chocolate, palm sugar, cinnamon, banana peel
Palate: Leather, caramel, dark chocolate, cinnamon, burnt wood
Aftertaste: Medium length, woody, toffee, toast
Conclusion: Rich but clean smell, complex, mixing of fresh and dried fruit, dessert and spicy. Medium and soft body, profile different from nose, mature and toast taste, a bite bitterness. Soft and comfortable aftertaste, chewing. A lovely whisky, though elements of nose and palate different, feel no contradiction between them. Clean, good complexity overall, very good dram.
最近朋友幫忙在台灣機場買左支, TWD3500, 計HKD880, 非常平. 見過香港有連鎖酒行賣$2400.
靚價, 香港雞場好似千二。