He whare hanga wīski Kōtimana tawhito a Craigellachie e mōhiotia ana mō te whakamahi i ngā oko noke hei whakamatao i te wīski, e hoatu ana ki te waipiro te mea e kiia nei he reka ake me te "āhua uaua" ahurei. Mai i ēnei oko noke i hangaia ai he kohinga hou, e whakamahi ana i "ngā oko mai i te whare hanga e hanga ana i tētahi momo waipiro 'taimaha ake' ka taea te whakaata i te tuakiri ahurei o te wīski malt kotahi."
E ai ki ngā tāngata kei muri i tēnei, i tīmata te Craigellachie Cask Collection hou me tētahi wīski 13-tau te pakeke mai i te whare hanga waina. I te tuatahi i pakekehia ki roto i te ōki Amerika – he ranunga o ngā oko bourbon kua whakakīia anō me te tahuna anō – kātahi ka noho ki roto i ngā oko Bas-Armagnac mai i te pito raki rawa o Gascony, Wīwī, mō ngā wā tuatahi e rua o te pakari.
"He waina mārō maia, ātaahua hoki te Craigellachie; he tino kiko, he mīti hoki, nō reira i whakamahia ai e mātou ēnei momo oko hei tāpiri me te whakarei ake i te āhua motuhake o te whare hanga waina, kaua e huna kia nui ake te reka me te ataahua," te kī a Stephanie Macleod, te rangatira waina mārō o Craigellachie, i roto i tētahi kōrero kua whakaritea.
He maha ngā wā ka hunaia e te Cognac, e whakaahuatia ana a Armagnac hei "parani Wīwī tawhito ake, motuhake ake hoki me tana ake tukanga whakaputa tuku iho. Kotahi noa te wā ka whakatōngia mā roto i ngā pūwero tonu i hangaia mō tēnei kaupapa, i te nuinga o te wā, mā te whakamahi i te hanganga tuku iho. Ko te Alembic Armagnaçaise; he wahie rakau kawe e hangaia tonutia ana hei kawe ki ngā pāmu iti e whakaputa ana i a Armagnac. Kāore i rite ki te nuinga o ngā waipiro, kāore ngā kaihanga o Armagnac e tapahi i te roanga o te tukanga whakatōngia, ā, ko te pupuri i te waipiro ka tangohia ngā huānga pūngoi, kia nui ake ai te āhua me te uaua o ngā waipiro.
"Ahakoa he pakari i te tīmatanga, ka reka te Armagnac taitamariki ki te ahi me te oneone. Engari i muri i ngā tekau tau o te koroheketanga i roto i ngā oko ōki Wīwī, ka whakangawaritia te wairua, ka ngawari, he tino māeneene."
I oti i roto i ngā oko Bas Armagnac o mua o Wīwī, e kī ana te tīma hanga waina he mātotoru ngā reka taumaha o te Craigellachie ki te mahana o ngā aporo tunua me te tauhiuhi ki te hinamona whakahihiri. Ko te reka o te keke poto karamere momona ka whakakorengia e te paināporo tirikara motuhake me ngā kakara mura o te ahi ahi.
Ko te Craigellachie 13 Year Old Armagnac he mea pounamu ki te 46% ABV, ā, ko te utu hokohoko e taunakitia ana ko te £52.99/€49.99/$65. Ka whakarewahia tuatahitia te inu ki te UK, Tiamana me Parani i tēnei marama, i mua i te whakarewatanga ki te US me Taiwan i muri mai i tēnei tau.
Heoi anō, ko te taputapu noke he momo whakapūmau, e mōhiotia ana ko te whakapūmau koiri. "Ko te noke" te kupu Ingarihi Tawhito mō te nakahi, te ingoa taketake mō te koiri. He tikanga tuku iho mō te huri i te mamaoa waipiro ki te wai, ko te ringa waea i te tihi o te pūmau e hono ana ki tētahi ngongo parahi roa kua koirihia (noke) e noho ana i roto i tētahi peere wai matao nui (peere). Ka kopikopiko haere ēnei ngongo parahi roa ki mua, ki muri, ka āta whaiti haere. I a te mamaoa e haere ana ki raro i te noke, ka hoki whakapūmau ki te āhua wai.
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