Distillerie | Hampden |
Embouteilleur | Silver Seal |
Serie | X |
Mise en bouteille pour | X |
Date de distillation | 09.2000 |
Date de mise en bouteille | 06.2017 |
Pays | Jamaïque |
Région | Monymusk Estate |
Age | 16 |
Cask Type | X |
Numéro de fût | 32 |
Alcohol percentage | 51 |
Volume | |
État | Boîte en carton originale |
Étiquette | Parfait |
Stock | 0 |
All right, we’ve had some super-extreme Hampdens within the last weeks that had been a little difficult. Not that I usually prefer Glenkinchie, but a little sanity from time to time cannot do any harm, can it? Colour: white wine. Nose: a semi-civilised Hampden, that’s what this is. Magic and olives, brine, vegetal glue, wandering throughout Ikea’s main warehouse, diesel oil, and pine needles. With water: a little sawdust and oak shavings, but also some unexpected sea air, and fresh cultivated mushrooms, what we call ‘champignons de Paris’. Mouth (neat): a fruitier Hampden. All the phenoly/varnishy flavours are well there, but there are also rotting bananas and some kind of liquorice and wine sauce. Hampden playing Chopin rather than Wagner. With water: softer, easier, but not void of any Jamaicanness. Finish: rather long, well balanced, on green liquorice and pineapple flambéed. Comments: all very good, this is rather Hampden for well-mannered drinkers. Would that be us? Not too sure…