Glen Albyn 1979 SMWS 69.5 Pressed flowers
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Glen Albyn |
| Bottler | The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1979 |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | 17년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 63.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 폐쇄 증류소 글렌 알빈의 잘 익은 과일과 옅은 꿀, 가벼운 시트러스의 향이 가장 먼저 두드러진다. 팰럿으로 옮겨가면 토피, 구운 곡물, 옅은 시나몬이 명확하게 드러나며 63% ABV의 강한 캐스크 스트렝스가 단단한 구조감을 잡아준다. 피니시는 길고 오크 탄닌과 곡물의 단맛이 잔잔하게 발전한다. 잔의 온도가 올라가면 캐스크 영향이 더 또렷해지며 균형감이 단단하게 잡힌다. 1979년 빈티지 글렌 알빈 17년 숙성된 SMWS 69.5 프레스드 플라워즈 보틀링에서 폐쇄 노던 하이랜드 증류소의 깊이가 또렷하다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
deep gold
air Nose
this is probably not very fair to the current 17, this baby’s spent more than 70 years in a lovely bottle and has gained an immense complexity, and yet it’s very ‘obvious’ whisky, with a high fruity and phenolic impact. So it’s certainly much more phenolic than the current production, I guess peat was much more in use. At random, I find kumquats, orange blossom honey, charcoal smoke, peat smoke, tiger balm, old crème de menthe, mirabelles, praline straight from the oven and, yes, hashish. It’s becoming more and more resinous!
restaurant Palate
absolutely stunning. Absolutely no signs of tiredness and just a massive, immense resinous profile that’s anything but bitter or acrid. Again that specialty from Morocco or Afghanistan ;-), a lot of cough syrup (a cough? Anytime!), chlorophyll, pinesap, then marmalade, dark chocolate, some earth, some roots (gentian, yup), some tobacco, various peppers… All that is very impressive, you just have to enjoy resinous or sappy things as much as I do
timer Finish
very long, almost interminable. And always very resinous…