Glenfarclas Vertical Tasting @ Single Malt Lover!

週一臨時收到酒訊的莊雲彬大哥寄來的邀請函, 臨時發e-mail給大家, 沒想到大家非常的熱情, 24小時內湊了12位社員, 加上Claudia夫婦早被邀請, 浩浩蕩蕩的參加了這場由代理商廷漢公司所辦的高品質品飲會!

酒友們對於Glenfarclas相當的熟悉, 愛好者也不少(是否該感謝Richard呢?) 這應該是在短時間能找到這麼多人參與的原因. 品飲會選在一個有著俊男美女服務DP Fashion Bar舉行, 據說本月初才正式開幕, 很久沒看到這麼多美女了, 看得Kingfisher心中有點小鹿亂撞...

本次帶領品飲的是Glenfarclas的銷售經理兼品牌大使Robert Ransom. 瘦瘦高高的他有著蘇格蘭人的矜持與幽默, 品飲前看到酒友們拿出自備品飲杯時相當的高興, 我們也稍微聊了一下之前造訪酒廠時碰到的五代傳人George Grant以及他新婚的華裔美籍老婆.

DP Fashion Bar雖然如同一般pub般的昏暗, 但是優點是多數桌子上方都有明亮的桌燈, 還蠻適合品飲觀色, 衝著有著美女服務生的存在, 以後要多建議酒商來這裡辦品飲會! 開始前酒吧的公關來寒喧, 邱大哥很認真的建議她們應該先上酒(讓他裝sample), 不然至少應該先把倒出的酒蓋上蓋子避免揮發, 可愛的公關認真的回去問了主辦單位, 然後一臉嬌嗔的回來轉告酒精成分很高, 不會揮發啦! 然後嬌笑跟邱大哥說: 你在跟我開玩笑的吧!

我記得同桌的Lazy, Axe, 跟我都出現了三條線, 很認真的說我們真的是認真的, 這年頭說真話還沒人相信,果然不是常上pub的人.

Robert很有誠意的帶了兩支最新系列的Family Cases 年份酒來, 本日品飲紀錄如下:

Glenfarclas 17yo (43%, OB)
Brown amber, a litte bit sweet, sherry influence refill first, then turned to beautiful fruity not. Apple, hint of smoke, quite oil legs. hint of tropical fruit, for some reason, reminds me Chinese hot pot, malty refills late. Medium body, young. sweet, not clear caremel. more prum found in palate. meduim body. dilute get some 甘草, finishe 甜膩, general speaking quite OK. (except the finish) 82 points. 2 points less.上次是這支酒應該是三年前吧, 相當複雜而優美的酒, 可惜尾韻有些甜膩, 有點懷疑他們不加焦糖的說法? 據我所知標準裝瓶裡面應該只有105沒有加焦糖, 也許是酒廠新的政策吧! 國內賣的酒還是舊的裝瓶.

Glenfarclas 105 NAS (60%, OB)
Brown amber, lot's of sherry, black berry, sweet, prum, a littlle bit chocolate. very clear malty influence, get more house style. quite creaming. Very powerful, medium body, young. finished well and extream long. (yet dry.) 87 points. one points less. 我還是很喜歡這支, 不過Lazy跟我都覺得比較沒有上次試飲的時候有力道, 也許是不同的批次.

Glenfarclas 1967/2006 Family Casks (58.5%, C#5118, 181 Bts. Sherry Hogshead)
C: Brown red, very fine legs.
N: Old sherry, matured, sweet, lot's of tropical fruit, more soft fruit. Heavily sherried. some hint of chocolate.
P: Not very powerful, lot's tannin attack palate. some smokiness refill, clear malty sweet. Seems too old and too woody.
C: 84 points. Over the edge, too much woody influence. I think this one should bottled 10 yos younger. 雖然是組裝桶, 但是真的非常的重雪莉, 驚人! 但是我絕得木頭的影響太多了, 也缺乏力道! 以這桶39年的酒齡與181瓶的限量來說, 相信到時候的價錢應該不便宜.個人估計應該在五萬到十萬之間吧!

Glenfarclas 1972/2006 Family Cases (51.1%, C#3546, 646 Bts. Sherry Butt)
C: Yellow, 混濁, 氧化了嗎? 天啊! 我們不是在開玩笑的.
N: Sugar sweet, a little bit malty, chocolate bar. honey, fresh.
P: dry, light body, short finish. remind you old Springbank.
C: 85 points. Not standard Sherry Butt, 3rd refilled? or maybe from Fino sherry? Very interesting. I think it would be much better if fresh from the bottle. Pour too early and kind of gone. 我相信這支酒如果剛倒出來會更棒, Glenfarlas的老酒就是要有力道才好喝. 這也是我唯一該建議的吧, 老酒應該要當場倒才對.

Glenfarclas 21yo (43%, OB)
Pour too early, sweet, sherry influence, malty finished well, but don't get too much interesting. 82 points. better then the MM award sample(2005) but less then the old lable version. 這間酒廠麻煩的地方在於就算是標準裝瓶, 批次間的差異也很大, 喝到喜歡的時後還是該注意一下批號.

相當不錯的品飲會, 代理商廷漢公司誠意十足, 引領人Robert知識豐富又帶有蘇格蘭人的幽默, 我唯一不解的是品飲順序, 好怪喔! 當然, 也小小抱怨一下老酒氧化的問題, 如果晚點倒酒應該會好很多!

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