Kilbride 1989 TWf The Mash Tun Tokyo
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Laphroaig |
| Bottler | The Whiskyfind (TWf) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1989 |
| Bottled Year | 2017 |
| Age | 28년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 51.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
옅은 황금빛이 잔 속에서 맑은 윤기를 머금는다. 라프로익을 가린 이름으로 알려진 이 1989년 빈티지는 28년의 긴 숙성을 거치며 코끝에 잦아든 토탄 연기와 바다소금, 옅은 요오드 향을 천천히 펼친다. 한 모금을 머금으면 아일라다운 짭조름한 훈연 위로 레몬과 마른 풀, 흰 후추가 감돌고 51도의 도수가 그 결을 단단하게 받쳐 준다. 부드러워진 연기와 미네랄의 여운이 길게 이어지며 마지막까지 짠맛이 감돈다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
we’re not a million miles away from the 1998 with this rather ethereal, encroaching fruitiness that meanders about the top of the glass. Salted mead, trampled dandelions, lemon peel, pineapple syrup and some rather more tertiary notes of carbon paper and old ink wells. In time it becomes more saline, gently tarry and showing more hessian and earth. In some ways it really follows a similar progression as the old 80s 10 year olds often do. With water: an impression of creaminess and a much more direct herbal quality, some coconutty gorse flower, mineral oil, bath salts and smoked sea salt. Really quite impressive complexity and elegance now
restaurant Palate
initially much sweeter and oilier than the nose suggested, with more hessian, vegetables and biscuity richness up front. Some lovely notes of smoked cereals, stout beers, heather ales and malt extract. A lightly briny peaty flavour and an elegantly textural oiliness. Starts to really feel like a bigger version of a 1990s OB 10 year old - which is no bad thing! With water: superb now! Fruity, floral, salty, complex smokiness and lots of wee herbal inclusions. Also meaty aspects and a rather syrupy, fruity sweetness
timer Finish
long, gently peaty, soft smokiness, olive oil, gorse, coal tar soap, herbal teas, camphor and even a kind of sooty waxiness