Lochside 1981 BA Raw Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Lochside |
| Bottler | Blackadder (BA) |
| Bottling Series | Raw Cask |
| Vintage | 1981 |
| Bottled Year | 2007 |
| Age | 28년 |
| Cask Type | Oak Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 56.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
하이랜드 동부 몬트로즈 항구의 짭조름한 바닷바람이 1981년 록사이드를 빚어냈다. 1992년에 폐쇄된 증류소답게 옅은 호박빛이 잔에 잠겨 있다. 오크 호그스헤드에서 우러난 마른 풀과 꿀, 약한 가죽, 호두의 향이 두드러진다. 입에서는 캐러멜과 짠 시트러스, 옅은 후추가 두꺼운 질감으로 흐른다. 56도의 도수에도 록사이드 특유의 거친 텍스처가 균형이 단단하다. 여운에는 약한 바닷내와 우디 스파이스가 잔잔히 잠겨 있다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
white wine
air Nose
plain peat smoke, full peak smoke and only peat smoke – and wet dogs (did I ever tell you how sorry I was, dogs?) And a mix of cigar ashes and apple peelings. With water: it seems that it’s cleaner than the 01.1 from last year, also rounder and kind of softer, with a smokiness that’s a tad more… round. Soot, ashes, hay, tar, liquorice, then a little mint, Vicks, camphor… Just like last year’s version, it reminds me a bit of the older Ardbegs that were distilled in the 1960s. Great nose
restaurant Palate
quite biting but the mouth feel is very pleasant, all on ashes and marzipan. Strong coffee. With water: very excellent I must say. Hugely smoky of course, liquoricy, sweet, very phenolic, ashy, caramelly (fudge), extremely well balanced. Does smoked salmiak liquorice exist?
timer Finish
very, very long, ashy and tarry as well as fudgy, less brutal than expected (feared?)