Ben Nevis 1998 H&I Cask & Thistle Collection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Ben Nevis |
| Bottler | The Highlands & Islands (H&I) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1998 |
| Bottled Year | 2014 |
| Age | 19년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 50.5% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Highlands |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
진한 호박빛이 잔 안에서 끈적하게 일렁인다. 벤네비스 특유의 묵직하고 기름진 질감 위로 잘 익은 과일과 왁스, 옅은 흙내음이 겹쳐 피어오른다. 한 모금은 진한 보리 단맛과 마른 과일, 가죽이 거칠면서도 풍성하게 입안을 채운다. 19년의 숙성과 50.5도의 도수가 하이랜드 몰트의 야성적인 골격을 또렷하게 받친다. 여운은 묵은 오크와 흙내음으로 길게 이어지며 벤네비스다운 거친 깊이를 남긴다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
amber
air Nose
the marsala worked well, more or less in a madeira way, if I may. So we’re having walnuts and a touch of mustard, then some fino – or even manzanilla – that complement Ben Nevis’s mineral and almost garage-y style well. Actually they do tango, which is not very surprising. With water: wet rocks, concrete, fresh walnuts, mushrooms…
restaurant Palate
good, wine and whisky being on the very same path (who said for once, who?) Manuka honey, sweet mustard, tobacco, leather, and always lorryloads of walnuts. The wine feels sweeter than I thought, though. With water: indeed, sweeter, but it would never become dreadfully PX-y, if you see what I mean
timer Finish
pretty long, tobacco-y. We’re talking cigarette tobacco