Braeval 2014 MM The Art of Maturation - Benchmark
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Braeval |
| Bottler | Murray McDavid (MM) |
| Bottling Series | The Art of Maturation - Benchmark |
| Vintage | 2014 |
| Bottled Year | 2023 |
| Age | 8년 |
| Cask Type | 1st fill Bourbon Barrel 8 years American Oak |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 56.8% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
맑은 금빛이 잔 속에서 산뜻하게 빛난다. 2014년 증류해 퍼스트필 버번 배럴에서 8년을 보낸 브레이발을 머레이 맥데이비드가 담았다. 바닐라와 갓 구운 빵, 잘 익은 배의 향이 밝게 피어오른다. 56.8도의 도수에서 입은 크림 캐러멜과 청사과, 옅은 시나몬의 단맛으로 또렷하게 번진다. 스코틀랜드에서 가장 높은 곳에 자리한 증류소다운 맑고 단정한 결이 살아 있다. 산뜻한 오크의 여운이 깔끔하게 정리된다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
straw
air Nose
it reminds of those mezcal-flavoured agave sweets that you can find in Mexico, they sometimes come with worms inside. Also very grassy, yeasty, gristy, with bags of green apples and, well, an extremely moderate bourbonness. Not much vanilla. Somewhat in the style of those crazy young Glendullans or Glen Speys that they were having at Cadenhead around the mid-1990s (a.k.a. dragster fuels). With water: some very noticeable saponification, plus fern and tomato bush. More yeast, while the soapiness fades away
restaurant Palate
very grassy and bitter lemon skin. Really extreme, I doubt the plan was to make us drink this neat. With water: now we're talking. Lime, fruit peel, lemon drops, matcha tea, and just some grass and green peppercorns. Raw but not unpleasant
timer Finish
long, ultra-grassy. Eating lemon peel – with the bitter white stuff, the name keeps escaping me. Right, google tells us it's 'albedo', not sure I'll remember that forever