Glenfiddich 1961 Vintage Reserve
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Glenfiddich |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1961 |
| Bottled Year | 2000 |
| Age | 35년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 43.2% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
스페이사이드 더프타운 사슴 골짜기에 자리한 글렌피딕의 잔잔한 풍토가 1961 빈티지 35년 숙성에 부드러운 결을 새겼다. 잔에는 진한 호박빛이 잠겨 있고 노즈에는 묵은 캐스크가 풀어놓은 들꽃 꿀, 잘 익은 배, 마른 견과의 향이 깊게 머문다. 입에 들어오면 43.2도의 부드러운 알코올과 함께 노란 자두, 바닐라 커스터드, 시나몬의 풍미가 천천히 흐른다. 여운은 60년대 글렌피딕 특유의 우아한 묵은 보리로 길게 이어진다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
gold (what else?)
air Nose
but this smells exactly like Sauternes at first nosing! Amazing... I mean, the spirit is almost absent here, it’s the wine that does all the talking, and as Sauternes isn’t ‘a winey wine’ (come on, Serge!), the result is rather pleasant. A lot of fructose, ripe apricots, icing sugar, hints of kiwis, tangerines... How funny. Gets a little more ‘whisky’ after a while, that is, with hints of oak, a faint maltiness and... And? Hugely demonstrative in any case
restaurant Palate
ho-ho, this works better I think. More multidimensional than the sherry (and certainly than the Port), with a better oakiness, spices and grass at the attack, and then a huge sweetness that’s better controlled I think. Pepper, baklavas, apricot jam and green tea. Works very well, and there’s even bits of the original distillate that shine through (imagine something delicately smoky and vanilled whispering in the background)
timer Finish
long and thick, on the same big flavours, with also hints of resin. Again, a very well crafted malt from the New World of Whisky. Certainly not a grand cru (how would we know anyway with this heavy treatment?) but the end result is truly palatable methinks, albeit a bit panzerish (I think you made your point here, Serge). 86 points (just two points below the rather excellent old 21yo Sauternes finish). AND YET A LITTLE SHOPPING - Our friends at Lombard's sell a magnificent set of Jewels of Scotland Hand Made Miniatures. They say it much better than I would: 'These stunning miniatures are hand crafted in traditional and modern design by master glassmakers... Decorative and sculptured glass is created by the ancient skills of lampwork and freeblown – painstaking precision using only sharpness of eye ensures no miniature is identical. Its creator individually signs each miniature, which is presented in a dark blue suede gift box with a certificate of authenticity. Each miniature holds a 25 Year Old Single Malt from the Springbank distillery - bottled under the sole responsibility of Lombard Scotch Whisky. This famous Campbeltown malt is noted for its rich malty aroma and salty tang – characteristics which always betray its geographical position on the coast of the Mull of Kintyre. 10 miniatures to a set - highly desirable for all collectors.' Well, I'd say as long as they don't put their excellent Clynelishes into these things, I'm fine. MUSIC – JAZZ - Recommended listening: in the true Bill Evans spirit, Dick Hindman plays Lost in a dream.mp3 with Paul Warburton and Colin Bailey. That was on their excellent CD ‘Secret Garden’. Please buy these gentlemen’s music (via talikinbass ) October 02, 2007 CONCERT REVIEW by Nick Morgan CASSANDRA WILSON The Jazz Café, Camden Town, London, September 25th 2007 Who is it, Serge, who decides how much things are worth? Is there some external arbiter of value who can, willy nilly, put a price on any given item or commodity? Or is it s