Allt-a-Bhainne 2006 GM Connoisseurs Choice - Cask Strength
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Allt-a-Bhainne |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | Connoisseurs Choice - Cask Strength |
| Vintage | 2006 |
| Bottled Year | 2024 |
| Age | 15년 |
| Cask Type | Refill American Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 60.4% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 가볍게 돌리면 리필 아메리칸 호그스헤드가 키운 알타베인이 밝은 황금빛을 잔 안쪽에 드리운다. 코끝으로 가져가면 잘 익은 사과와 바닐라, 옅은 보리 향이 산뜻하게 올라온다. 한 모금을 머금으면 60.4도의 강한 힘이 꿀과 시트러스, 가벼운 향신료로 입안 가득 퍼지고 15년 숙성이 다듬은 단맛이 혀를 감싼다. 입안에서 천천히 굴리면 구운 사과와 보리사탕의 단맛이 한층 둥글게 살아난다. 천천히 삼키면 보리사탕과 따뜻한 오크가 어우러진 끝맛이 깔끔하게 잦아든다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
full gold
air Nose
whaah! Starts on long abandoned cow stable and quite some wine vinegar, then we have new plastic (supermarket pouches as we had a few years ago), aspirin tablets, the same chalkiness as in the 1993, some spearmint, some chocolate, rotting oranges, herbs, game, oyster sauce… Once again it isn’t really brutal despite the high strength but it’s really, well, unusual. With water: it became even more farmy and gamy. There’s also much more mint, lemon, leather and flints/gunpowder. Quite rebellious, so to speak…
restaurant Palate
rich, creamy and certainly less unusual than on the nose. A powerful tannicity, cardamom, grass, bitter oranges, truckloads of liquorice and touches of caramel. Quite a beast, this one! With water: it became rather beautiful albeit quite simple, all on pepper and orange zests. If you like the bitter kind of sherry…
timer Finish
long, very peppery