Ben Nevis 1996 ElD The Single Malts of Scotland
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ben Nevis |
| Bottler | Elixir Distillers (ElD) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1996 |
| Bottled Year | 2020 |
| Age | 23년 |
| Cask Type | Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 53.8% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
영국에서 가장 높은 산 벤네비스의 기슭, 포트윌리엄에 자리한 동명의 증류소가 빚은 이 23년산은 웅장한 고지대의 기운을 품고 있다. 호그스헤드에서 오래 익어 잔에는 짙은 황금빛이 들어찼고, 코에는 잘 익은 복숭아와 밀랍, 묵은 오크의 향이 진하게 오른다. 53.8도의 입안에서는 꿀과 말린 과일, 특유의 기름진 질감이 묵직하게 입을 채운다. 23년의 숙성이 만든 여운은 왁스와 오렌지 껍질, 옅은 향신료가 깊고 길게 머문다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
full of sheep wool, putty, mineral oils, shoe polish, new leather, burlap, hessian and a kind of lemon-tinged waxiness - not unlike citronella candles. More of these wee mustard notes with white pepper, chalk and aspirin. Typical and superb. With water: quite saline now, more pin-sharp minerality, olive oil, hessian cloth, herbal cough syrup and this easy chalkiness
restaurant Palate
it’s a rather sharp one, very chiselled, brittle, mineral-driven and pure. Fresh fabrics, waxed canvass, mineral salts, cough medicines, soot, bitter citrus piths and lanolin. With water: totally great with water. Wider, fatter, thicker and brimming with salted mead, heather honey, exotic fruit syrups and waxes
timer Finish
long, salty, nicely bitter, nervously fruity and full of twitchy minerals and light medical notes