Dalmore 50-year-old Crystal Decanter
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Dalmore |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1928 |
| Bottled Year | 1978 |
| Age | 50년 |
| Cask Type | Dark Sherry |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 52.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
오랜 세월이 응축된 적갈색이 잔에 깊이 자리한다. 1928년 빈티지가 빚어낸 향에서는 농밀한 건자두와 무화과, 다크 초콜릿, 그리고 셰리 캐스크 특유의 진한 견과류 풍미가 차분히 펼쳐진다. 한 모금 머금으면 50년 숙성의 오랜 침묵이 묵직한 가죽과 캐러멜라이즈된 오렌지 껍질로 다가오며 52도의 알코올이 미끄러지듯 흐른다. 1978년에 크리스털 데캔터에 담긴 달모어의 시간이 호두와 다크 토피, 옅은 향신료로 풀려나오고 한 세기 가까운 시간이 남긴 우아한 여운은 길고 깊게 이어진다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
deep amber
air Nose
ah, this is a ‘different’ kind of sherry it seems. Lots of notes of old wine (not just sherry, also burgundy), walnut liqueur, orange liqueur, cigar tobacco, shoe polish… And then Irish coffee, old books, both old attic and wine cellar… Quite some smoke at that, cloves, nutmeg, hints of Chinese anise… And something like lovage, soy sauce, mocha… Now the more classical old rum and raisins, old cognac, whiffs of menthol, old leather… Quite stunning, with a very long development and something really ‘old fashioned’, like an Agatha Christie novel
restaurant Palate
bold, oily, creamy and maybe a tad drying and tannic at first sip. Whether that comes from the sherry or from the wood, I don’t know. The first descriptor I can come up with is over infused rosehip tea (err…) Okay, let’s make that strong black tea. Then lots of raisins (rather Smyrna or Corinth than sultanas), bitter chocolate, coffee, liquorice, Chinese sweet and sour sauce, blackcurrant liqueur, kumquats… Rather simpler than on the nose I’d say but still very good. Gets quite spicy after that (pepper, cloves, dried ginger), especially at the rather long, slightly drying but otherwise fairly balanced finish. An excellent, punchy and rather heavily sherried Dalmore for long winter evenings. 89 points . Dalmore 50 yo (52%, OB, 2006, crystal decanter) A proportion of the spirit was first drawn on the 4th March 1922, which in turn is reputed to embody some Dalmore from 10th June 1868 and 18th February 1878. Kind of a solera?