Glen Spey 1981 CA Authentic Collection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Glen Spey |
| Bottler | Cadenhead's (CA) |
| Bottling Series | Authentic Collection |
| Vintage | 1981 |
| Bottled Year | 1995 |
| Age | 16년 |
| Cask Type | Oak Cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 60.5% |
| Volume | 50 ml 700 ml 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 빙 돌려 향을 깨우면 1981년에 증류한 글렌 스페이가 오래된 황금빛으로 일렁인다. 코끝으로 가져가면 오크 캐스크에서 온 잘 익은 사과와 밀랍, 마른 건초 향이 올라온다. 한 모금 삼키면 60.5도의 힘이 강하게 혀를 데우며 꿀과 보리, 백후추가 번진다. 16년을 보낸 옛 스페이사이드 원액답게 곧고 단단한 결이 또렷하다. 천천히 삼키면 마른 오크와 보리 단맛이 입안에 오래 머문다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
gold – amber
air Nose
quite fragrant at first nosing, with some rather winey and rubbery notes… Lots of very ripe yellow fruits coming through after a few seconds, such as mirabelle plums, yellow peaches, apricot… We have also something quite mineral and smoky, notes of toasted bread, old white wine (old Rieslings) with little hints of Madeira, coffee, chicory ‘coffee’... There’s quite some menthol as well, a little camphor… Another ‘wine-malt’, and a nice one, at that, with a perfect balance. Very, very enjoyable – another great selection by Jack ‘The Pirate’, it seems…
restaurant Palate
extremely fruity and nervous attack, with tons of crystallized oranges and kumquats, eau-de-vie cherries and dried apricots and notes of fructose but quite strangely, the malts gets then suddenly dry and sort of short. Bizarre! It gets then quite coffeeish and smoky again, with notes of burnt cake, cough syrup and grilled tea but the mouth feel is maybe a little thin. What’s more, the finish is rather short as expected, minty and sort of dry, but not unpleasant. Well, the nose was wonderful, the attack superb but it didn’t quite deliver after that. Too bad, but on the other hand, that makes it very easy to drink. 86 points (but it would have probably reached the 90-mark with a little more body). Glen Spey 16 yo 1981/1997 (60.5%, Cadenhead, oak cask)