Ben Nevis 1998 TKS
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ben Nevis |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1998 |
| Bottled Year | 2010 |
| Age | 11년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Hogshead / Californa Red Wine Finish |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
벤네비스 산기슭 포트 윌리엄에 자리한 벤 네비스는 기름지고 개성 강한 몰트를 빚는다. 리필 호그스헤드에 캘리포니아 레드 와인으로 마무리한 이 1998년은 금빛을 띠고, 코에는 바나나 껍질과 올리브유, 파인애플 시럽과 코코넛에 그을음이 얽힌다. 46도의 입안은 파라핀 같은 기름진 질감 위로 해바라기유와 구운 땅콩, 마지팬이 진하게 번진다. 여운은 히스와 흙내음, 레몬 오일과 보이차의 뉘앙스가 왁스처럼 길게 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
Gold
air Nose
Rather unmistakably Ben Nevis with these fat, almost glycerol notes of banana skin, olive oil, soot, pineapple syrup, barley water, muesli and coconut. One of the most characterful makes still produced in Scotland if you ask me, and these late 1990s vintages seem to be broadly excellent. Goes on with a little sun lotion, cornflour, green fruits, pear cordial and an ever-present background waxiness
restaurant Palate
big, emphatic delivery. Still hugely oily in texture, almost like paraffin wax in consistency. It feels like bottling at 46% has done it no harm at all. Sunflower oil, trail mix, crushed peanuts, soot, crunchy bars and a little aged mead. There doesn’t seem to be much input from the sherry cask, but with such a characterful distillate I don’t really think that’s a bad thing. A touch of marzipan and almond milk with time
timer Finish
Long, heathery, earthy, lightly waxy and with notes of lemon oil, milk bottle sweets and pu-erh tea