我好幾年沒買Benromach 班羅馬客的酒了,相了很久相中這瓶 Benromach 1969 / 42 Year Old / Refill Sherry Cask 42.6% 2004年的版本(43%)掛在whiskyfun版頭~91分 http://www.whiskyfun.com/Benromach.html 2011的版本(42.6%)Serge評92. http://www.whiskyfun.com/archivejanuary12-2.html#160112 Benromach 1969/2011 (42.6%, OB, refill sherry hogshead) I loved an earlier version, issued in 2004 (WF 91 at the time) so, as they say, we have deep expectations. Colour: deep amber with bronze hues. Nose: I like these dry sherry notes that hint at walnut liqueur and, well, plain walnuts. There are also hints of parmesan cheese or comté, well-cured ham (iberico, of course), game, soy sauce, old Bourgogne wine (civety notes), humus, old wine cellar… It’s all very different from the ‘average’ old sherry monster, certainly more tertiary, earthy… Yet, there is a little chocolate, coffee, prunes, raisins… In fact, I’m wondering if there isn’t a little peat in there. Great nose anyway! Mouth: more or less the same feeling as with the nose. It’s dry, earthy, a little leathery, with great notes of bitter chocolate, coffee beans, maybe a little beef jerky, old palo cortado, Corinthian raisins… Nutshell: artisanal dark chocolate, with almost no sugar. Excellent! Finish: medium long, rather spicier but in the aftertaste, you really get the feeling that you just crunched some coffee-flavoured bitter chocolate. Comments: unusual and absolutely wonderful dry old sherry ‘monster’. If you like them dry and complex, don’t miss this one… SGP:362 - 92 points.