Kininvie 奇富 1990 23年 第一版 42.6% 350ML Kininvie酒廠是由William Grant & Sons家族於1990年所創建，酒廠成立以來僅以 Hazelwood為名發行三款酒廠限定版(未流通上市)，主要是慶祝WM Grant & Sons集團 創始人William Grant，其孫女Janet Sheed Robert 105歲生日高齡時所裝的特別紀念 酒款，她也是目前蘇格蘭最高齡的人瑞。本次發行的Kininvie 1990 23年不但是酒廠首度 推出上市的單一麥芽威士忌，首發只在台灣獨賣，全世界僅發行七千瓶。Kininvie風格 與William Grant & Sons旗下兩間知名酒廠格蘭菲迪的清新柔順草香與百富的濃郁麥芽甜 味不同，Kininvie呈現的是豐富均衡的花香及瓜果味，非常迷人。 品酒筆記: 香氣豐富而活潑，帶著成熟的新鮮水果香與濃稠的香草太妃糖甜味。細緻的花瓣草葉，一 段時間後，發出輕柔夏日鮮花味道。 美麗又輕柔豐潤，感受到奢華的絲一般的滑順口感。濃厚香草橡木味，23年長年的熟成產 生的令人讚嘆的豐厚酒體與香甜風味。肉桂，肉豆蔻及丁香花的天然香料味，最後帶著柑 橘甜味。悠長的香甜尾韻。

Dave broom : The Kininvie stillhouse sits between Glenfiddich and Balvenie, and stylistically the whisky is a midpoint between its two sisters. It has its own dedicated10,000 liter mashtun in the Balvenie mash house (though it doesn’t use any of that distillery’s floor­malted barley) and its own tun room as well, with three new washbacks (out of six in total) being installed at the time of writing. The stillhouse, often rather cruelly dismissed as no more than a shed, contains nine stills in three sets; one wash to two spirit, the spirit stills being roughly similar to Glenfiddich in shape and size, the wash stills being tall and onion shaped. The cut point is high, thereby avoiding getting heaviness from such small stills.Aging takes place in a variety of woods: first fill bourbon (predominantly for Monkey Shoulder), refill, and some sherry. When you compare its new make to Balvenie, Kininvie is on the floral side of the spectrum (think geraniums), lighter and sweeter with less thickness on the tongue, lower vanillin and cereal, but a more lifted, estery fruitiness, and a long silkiness on the palate. It is this mix of flowers and fruits which predominate in Batch Number One. Bright gold, the nose immediately offers up fruit blossom, wild flower meadow, sugared plums, and an old­fashioned sweet shop. Water brings out grass and pineapple. The oak is very restrained, allowing the palate to build in sweetness with supple weight, star fruit, white peach, and light citrus on the finish. It’s very Grants, in that there are hidden depths if you take the time to look, yet is substantially different from its sibling