Hazelwood 1990 Hazelwood 105
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Kininvie |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | Hazelwood 105 |
| Vintage | 1990 |
| Bottled Year | 2006 |
| Age | 15년 |
| Cask Type | First Fill Sherry Cask |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 52.5% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
starts on lots of wax polish, old cupboard, tar and metal polish… It smells just like an antiques shop after a moment, with lots of leather, beeswax, cellulose varnish, old wood, cigar box... Absolutely great, with also a smell of ‘newly cleaned copper’
restaurant Palate
extraordinary attack with a funny ‘old bottle effect’ (hints of metal and all kinds of camphory/minty notes) while it was just bottled last year (yes, I’m sure they didn’t rebottle old stocks they’d have bought in Italy). At 40 yo it’s punchy and powerful, with quite a lot of peat like in some older versions bottled in the 80’s. Develops on grapefruit, kumquat, orange zests, notes of kiwi… Smoked tea, something very waxy, cinchona, liquorice… Superb and not tired at all, quite the contrary. And a beautiful saltiness on your tongue, especially at the long and bold finish. Again, superb, although those ‘old bottle’ tastes may disconcert some whisky lovers, like they did at the Malt Maniacs Awards 2006. 92 points . MUSIC - JAZZ - Recommended listening - Kathleen Holeman sings an entertaining Mood indigo.mp3 with excellent suport by bassist Bob Branstetter. Please buy these people's music and go to their gigs. January 22, 2007 TASTING - TWO UNUSUAL DISTILLERIES Kininvie 15 yo ‘Hazelwood 105’ 1990/2006 (52.5%, OB, first fill sherry) The first official bottling of Kininvie ever (there has been an ‘Aldunie’ in Germany but I never tasted it). This one has been bottled to celebrate the 105th anniversary (wow) of Janet Roberts, a lady from the Grant dynasty, and is off-commerce
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