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Yoichi Grande

Single Malt

Japan

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    • tkmorita

      Reviewed August 26, 2023
      4.25
      4.25 out of 5 stars
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    • issac-law

      Reviewed June 23, 2023 (edited January 22, 2024)
      3.5
      3.5 out of 5 stars
      色澤︰淡稻草色 香氣:溫和的麥芽甜味、清新的香蕉油、厚重泥煤苦味。麥芽、果香、柔和煙燻香氣、有勁的泥煤、豐富的熟成香氣。 口感:中等酒體、酒體飽滿。偏苦的巧克力、微微嗆辣、煙燻、皮革、淡淡鹹味。 尾韻:木頭香、帶著一絲橡木甜味。 【酒款介紹】 去年12月在日本機場免稅店買了Nikka推出的2款一組“免稅限定個性強化款”威士忌—「余市、宮城峽Grande」 (2022年4月推出)。根據資料顯示,這2款威士忌都是單一麥芽威士忌,均為無酒齡、無年份、非冷凝過濾。所謂「個性強化款」(Grande是西班牙文“大”的意思),意思是強調Nikka旗下,余市和宮城峽蒸餾廠的獨特個性。 一月先喝的是「余市Grande」。余市蒸餾廠最讓人印象深刻的地方,一是仍使用蘇格蘭傳統的蒸餾法-「石炭直火蒸餾法(coal-fired distillation)」,因為這非常講求經驗,且生產效率極低,目前全世界只有余市蒸餾廠仍保有這一古老的蒸餾方法,而這種傳統蒸餾特有的厚重有勁、焦炭味也成為余市單一麥威士忌獨有的特徵。二是,余市是日本唯一全部只使用新橡木桶熟成的蒸餾廠。余市有自己的小型制桶廠,新橡木桶在使用前會先將表面烤至碳化,Charred過的新橡木桶會讓威士忌口感更加順滑香甜,也增添新桶獨有的木質和香草風味。也是這2點讓余市的酒廠特性是帶有木桶煙燻香氣和厚重泥煤風味,因此「個性強化款」意謂相較普通版,含有較大比例的新桶熟成原酒和重泥煤原酒,口感更能感受到木桶香氣和經典煤泥風味。 不過品了「余市Grande」後,心裡更加懷疑酒生!這支酒和我喝過的蘇威風味大不同,如果竹鶴政孝釀造出來的威士忌真的是原汁原味的“蘇格蘭口味”,那現在的蘇威已經是進化後的N版,所以如果想要穿越時光喝到1918年代的蘇威風味,那可能就要試試余市的威士忌! 其實可以理解為什麼余市蒸餾廠仍堅持直火蒸餾和燒烤橡木桶這麼搞剛的工序,因為在蘇格蘭地區,幾乎遍地都是泥煤(Peat),所以過去烘烤室大多使用直火加熱,以泥煤烘乾麥芽(現在主流作法是使用熱風),另外,使用泥煤烘麥也會產生煙燻味,所以那搞剛的工序都是為了要讓風味完整展現,還原蘇格蘭威士忌最獨特的「泥煤煙燻」氣息。話說竹鶴待過的蘇格蘭龍摩酒廠就是用煤炭直火蒸餾(1994年結束這種古老的製程),就是取經的那一抹煙燻味讓鳥井與竹鶴產生歧異。 【酒廠故事】 日本威士忌有兩大酒廠,一家是三得利企業(suntory),另一家是一甲企業(NIKKA)。Nikka和三得利最大的差別是,Suntory的創辦人鳥井信治郎,希望釀造出“符合日本人口味”的威士忌;Nikka的創辦人竹鶴政孝則希望釀造出原汁原味“蘇格蘭口味”,因此,Suntory是以抑制煙燻氣味的醇厚、圓潤芳香為目標;而堅持蘇格蘭傳統製法,以Longmorn Distillery為標竿的Nikka,製作出來的酒帶有濃厚的泥煤味。 鳥井信治郎和竹鶴政孝都是日威的重要推手(加上岩井喜一郎就是日威產業鏈中重要的三本柱),竹鶴政孝更被譽為“日本威士忌之父”!竹鶴政孝的釀酒之路開始於1918年,那時竹鶴在攝津酒造工作,社長阿部喜兵衛與常務岩井嘉一郎指派他到蘇格蘭格拉斯哥大學留學,主要學習威士忌生產技術,認真的竹鶴特地到Longmorn、Hazelburn蒸餾廠實習。求學期間,竹鶴結識了Jessie Roberta Cowan,之後倆人於1920年在蘇格蘭格拉斯哥登記結婚,婚後妻隨夫姓,Jessie Roberta Cowan改名為竹鶴麗塔(竹鶴リタ)。順帶一提,2014年 竹鶴與妻子的奮鬥過程被改編為日本晨間劇《阿政與愛莉》,播出後大受歡迎導致原酒庫存不足,2015年Nikka宣佈停產所有余市與宮城峽的年份標示款。 話說回來,竹鶴政孝學成回到日本後,時值第一次世界大戰,攝津酒造也因此擱置國產威士忌的計劃。竹鶴後來受到壽屋(Suntory前身)社長鳥井信治郎的邀請,擔任日本第一所威士忌釀造廠-「山崎蒸餾所」的廠長,不過兩人對於釀酒方式和威士忌風味抱持不同的看法,於是竹鶴在1934年時離開壽屋,來到地形及氣候都很類似蘇格蘭的北海道余市,但是根據蘇格蘭法例規定,威士忌最少要熟成3年,因此竹鶴在余市先是創立大日本果汁株式會社(Nikka集團前身),靠銷售蘋果汁以及蘋果白蘭地維持運營,大約撐了6年,在1940年才有第一款威士忌面世,名為Nikka (來自公司名稱中的「日Ni」與「果Ka」)。1969年竹鶴政孝又於日本仙台創立第二家蒸餾場-宮城峽蒸溜所,走的是蘇格蘭低地風味。不過到了2001年,Nikka集團(包括余市和宮城峽)被朝日啤酒集團(Asahi Breweries, Ltd.)收購。
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