Lochside 27-year-old JM Fine Grain Selection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Lochside |
| Bottler | James MacArthur (JM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 1991 |
| Age | 27년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 60.5% |
| Volume | 50 ml 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
오래된 금빛이 잔 안에서 깊게 빛난다. 27년을 보낸 록사이드는 이미 문을 닫은 하이랜드 증류소로, 1991년에 병입된 이 보틀링은 그 옛 품성을 증언한다. 향에서는 잘 익은 과일과 바닐라, 묵은 오크의 기운이 우아하게 피어오른다. 60.5도의 높은 도수답게 한 모금은 보리 단맛과 토피, 견과가 힘차게 입을 채운다. 제임스 맥아더의 파인 그레인 셀렉션으로 병입된 이 노장은 왁스와 향신료의 잔향을 길게 끌어간다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
‘vibrant’ gold
air Nose
rather expressive, maybe a little less fruity than the ‘Awards’ version and more on praline, toasted oak and caramel-coated roasted hazelnuts. It’s also curiously a little meaty (ham) but other than that it’s not too far from a bourbon. Hints of violets and faint whiffs of smoke, probably from the wood. Then it does get fruiter, mostly on bananas and coconut. Not too exuberant but the balance is pretty perfect despite the heavy woodiness
restaurant Palate
very sweet, full bodied and certainly not overly woody. Sure there’s lots of nice oak but also honey, pollen, ripe bananas, again these caramel-coated hazelnuts, crystallised oranges, guavas… Really playful. Quite some tannins arise after a moment but they never make the whole drying. Okay, quite some cinnamon and white pepper… Slightly rougher than expected after the middle
timer Finish
long considering it’s a grain whisky, caramelly, vanilled and oaky like some bourbons, with just a few tannins starting to stick to your tongue (not too ripe bananas, tea). In short, another excellent old grain whisky. 89 points . Lochside 27 yo (60.5%, James MacArthur, grain, late 1980’s) This one was probably distilled in the very early 1960’s