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собрано 44/65 текстовых отзывов · полный lossless-снимок WB
· 2026-10-26T19:27:19Z · источник evidence
The nose is more rounded than the previous sample, and quite oily. In the foreground are technical notes (machine oil), meat chips, minerals. There is also medicine in the form of shades of bandages and rubber bands. Fruity components are heard (green apples, citrus). In the throat, shades of sea salt, minerals, fresh campfire smoke, black peppers, lemon zest are expressed. Over time, more fruity tones appear: apples and smoked pears. The aftertaste is medium in length, with lemons, peppers, technical shades and a little smokedness. Perhaps the strongest release of the set with a very interesting flavor and aroma, in some ways intersecting with the smoky releases of the Islay island.
Color: Warm goldAroma: Hints of bonfire and smoke drifting through the air, with noble citrus notes.Palate: Delicate peat accompanied by a hint of citrus, rich with an oily and creamy mouthfeel.Finish: Lingering smoke and a touch of white pepper.
нос 84 · вкус 83 · финиш 83
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нос 81 · вкус 83 · финиш 83
The smell is gentle and caressing, but also exciting due to its variety of aromas. Immediately the need arises to taste. The end ridges, however, are a bit washed out and not clearly distinguishable. In my mouth, I briefly had the thought: smoked grappa must taste like that. The finish is indeed enjoyable but a bit one-sided. blind tasting
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| Нос | — | soft, clear smoke, vanilla, some orange, barely oak, sauternes, sweetish, a hint of woodruff, smoked peach |
| Вкус | — | Gentle and sweet onset, vanilla, peach, then comes always drooling oak, slightly astringent, the smoke comes late, white grapes |
| Финиш | — | Smoke and slightly bitter oak, slightly bitter herbs, long |
Blindtasting in Fassstark.de Forum: "The Peat Experiment" Ham, strong application, smoke, some honey, vanilla and a hint of mint. I'm typing here on a 6-8yo Ledaig and thus 0% Islay Admittedly, those were not so many blind and outstanding notes. But even now I feel open again the same pattern: looks young, strong smoke and some wood, honey, vanilla. I can understand that this whisky is being held for an islay whisky (due to the gruff nature). An honest stinker, but it lacks a bit of complexity.
нос 81 · вкус 82 · финиш 83
нос 81 · вкус 81 · финиш 82
Dummy.
nice easy peated whisky
Not a spectacular dram.
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| Нос | — | Sweet, malty (weetabix), smokey, vanilla (reduced: briney, fishlike) |
| Вкус | — | Buttery, sharp, drying, smokey, briney (reduced: smokey, smotther, vanillins) |
| Финиш | — | Smokey, warm, spicey |
Blindverkostung fassstark.de "Torfexperiment"
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| Нос | — | Smoke, Black Forest ham, ashes, lemon. |
| Вкус | — | Not so strong, oily, slightly creamy, lemon, honey, vanilla, cold smoke. Herbe herbs alternate with the sweetness of brown sugar. |
| Финиш | — | Medium length, tendency to bitterness. |
A great all-day smoker. Does not need to hide behind Islay, but brings a nice independent characteristic.
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| Нос | — | Beautiful smoke, sweet, caramel, about light fruit, not snappy, only slightly herbaceous. |
| Вкус | — | In the mouth then clearly wilder. The peat is tart, herbaceous, the sweetness is still present, but in the background. |
| Финиш | — | The finish is entirely on peat, a little menthol, a hint of vanilla, again a little gentler. |
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| Нос | — | It seems to me a good deal less smoky than the NAS variant, lemon, banana, pear, apple, in the background a few herbs It seems to me a lot more fruity than the NAS |
| Вкус | — | Honey, lemon, pepper, some smoke and ashes |
Old Ballantruan 10yo 50%. Golden orange. Aroma is a little more rounded than the NAS release and lacking the banana vibe. Oak and some cut apple. Pale biscuits. A fair whack of spiritous roughness. Hmm a little rough. Taste is punchy, oily peat, rock salt, soft smoke, soft mousy oak. The intense oily peat is almost Octomore-like the way it delivers the punch without so much smoke. Punchy. The taste works nicely but the aroma is not quite up to it. Decent enough stuff
нос 79 · вкус 82 · финиш 80
Old Ballantruan 10 *Age statement: 10 years old. *Alcohol percentage at least 46%: yes, 50%. *Amount of filtration: stated on the bottle as unchillfiltred. *Use of caramel coloring {E150a}: unstated, but Germans claim there’s ‘farbstoff’ in this, which must be disclosed in some European countries. (3 out of 4, regarding craft/integrity presentation). Nose: blueberry, hot tarmac, toasted acorn, heather. Palate: burning tire, apple juice, cacao powder. Finish: cigarette, grenadine, ground coffee. An unusual offering from the Tomintoul distillery, who are mostly known for their soft and smothered whiskies; this dram on the other hand is an unmistakable peat monster. While you can say that Benromach or Craigellachie are the bad boys of Speyside, with their gruff tastes, although this Old Ballantruan feels truly rugged and untamed. This is mostly because of the prominent smoky character, yet it’s anything but one note, no, it delivers a complex smoke filled experience with some sweetness and bitterness that gives it more character.
нос 78 · вкус 77 · финиш 77
Pleasant & Mature than the Ballantruan without age. With fewer corners & edges and also more interesting with water. Well done!
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| Нос | — | Heavy, sharp smoke immediately hits the nose. One thinks that the sea is near. A small hand full of green fruits, in the background malted malt. And with water? Not very much different ... One thinks to notice a salty breeze that blows over a gossamer chocolaty scent. A little smoke. Overall, but somehow sticky in the nose. |
| Вкус | — | Malt & smoke. But stop! Not just malt, but malt in sweet sherry. Cold, dense smoke everywhere, with yellow tropical fruit peeking out over time. At the end follows an alcoholic sharpness. Water tickles sour malt notes that combine with sweet pipe smoke. Suddenly, a touch of sherry, accompanied by delicate citrus notes. |
| Финиш | — | A sherry-like sweetness is spreading, with smoke blowing over soft, yellow, ripe, exotic, preserved fruit in white wine. Water returns malt, which stands stable next to a sourish sweetness of yellow fruits. A little bit away is a bowl with a few grams of cocoa powder. Everything is blown by (cigarette?) Smoke. |
нос 88 · вкус 90 · финиш 92
Simple, pleasant, "drinking" whisky.
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| Нос | — | The aroma and taste - peat, citrus sweetness with a slight sourness, raw dough and a certain perfumery. |
| Финиш | — | Medium duration finish with traces of phenolics and malt bitterness. |
нос 84 · вкус 86 · финиш 84
Surprisingly, extremely smokey (in the so-called “ski wax”), deadly Speyside - exclusively for masochistic amateurs
нос 84 · вкус 85 · финиш 84
Did this one H2H with the NAS version. Surprisingly, the NAS-one was actually better, fuller nose and body, although the taste of the NAS is lighter, but more powerfull. Initially even some watery mouthfeel.
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| Нос | 82 | Some light peatsmoke, a bit of sweetness, but pretty light nose. Some tobacco, hay, hints of a cow stable. |
| Вкус | 84 | Smooth, gentle, sweet, caramel. Sweet smoke, some honey and tobacco. |
| Финиш | 83 | Now some more pepper, sweet peatsmoke, tobacco. |
Peat and smoke are not overwhelming, The alcohol is very well embedded and there are sweet fruits and an overall delicate balance. One has to pay attention to this one. As for value for money: One of the top ranking whiskies.
RATING: 84pts – |83 – 86 (B) → Good| — Not a “must”, but a nice-to-have.
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| Нос | 85 | The nose is gentle but intense with notes of extinguished fire and machine oil along with dark bread and iodine. |
| Вкус | 83 | The taste is dry, bitter and somewhat spicy with hints of white pepper, bread crust and gentle peatiness. |
| Финиш | 85 | The finish is medium lenght and has a beautiful profile of minerality with hints of hay, wet stones and burnt flowers. |
нос 81 · вкус 81 · финиш 80
нос 85 · вкус 87 · финиш 86
B: 50%, unchillfiltered, colored, pale gold color, thick. 22 N: peat, smoke, cinnamon, yellow apple, spice. 22 P: smoke, berries, yellow fruits, cocoa, spice. 22 F: smoke, vanilla, mint, spice. 22 14.9.14 bottled. The nose here is peaty and complex. On the palate peat and smoke don't play the main role, but play along with the prevailing fruit sweetness. Exellent balance between them. The finish is long and smoky with a sweet aftertaste. Very tasty and rich dram. It turns out that Tomintoul know how to make whisky more intense and complex. Reviewed 28.8.2021
нос 83 · вкус 83 · финиш 82
Bonfire, ham, light cigarete smoke, burnt plastic, honey, caramel, fudge, malt, black pepper, gentle vanilla. No Iodine. I am not picking up any fruit notes except yellow apples, unfortunately. All in all, a well-made, very clean, but a bit too simplistic highland peated malt.
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| Нос | 85 | A nice balance between medium peat/smoke notes and honey/caramel sweetness. |
| Вкус | 83 | Quite sweet. Does not need water. |
| Финиш | 83 | Short to medium. |
нос 84 · вкус 83 · финиш 83
A nice surprise, as I hadn't heard of this brand. I found it well balanced and smooth.
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| Нос | — | Oily, with high viscosity. Vanilla and heather-infused peat, earthy on mud, moss and tobacco, charcoal, green herbs and orange. |
| Вкус | — | Oily, quite soft and sweet. Again, there is quite some heather-infused peat, sweet malt, charcoal smoke, vanilla custard, citrus and spices towards the end. |
| Финиш | — | Moderately long, with peat, ginger, herbal liqueur, earth, tobacco and... licorice! |
nice round malt with fine aromas, great smoke for a highlander
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| Нос | — | really nice sweet but light smoke, gummy bears, vanilla and some bright fruits like grapes, pears and green apples |
| Вкус | — | creamy, soft, almost oily first, smooth and mild on the tongue followed by a light tingling, with time developing some spiciness and many malt flavors |
| Финиш | — | The finish is nicely smoked after campfire and is then surprisingly fruity, the long-lasting finish developed back out but also some round barrel wort. |
A competent single malt with a mainland peated whisky style. Good value.
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| Нос | — | Smoky, alcoholic sting due to the high abv, sweet vanilla. |
| Вкус | — | Sweet barley quickly taken over by oak spice. Some citrus zest, white peppery note is more apparent, some hot chilies. A bit some sweet minty juiciness at the background. Wood smokiness throughout. |
| Финиш | — | Long lingering wood smoke, pepperiness quite persistent but not harsh. Though lacks complexity but is a lively and peaty alternative to Islay and coastal peated whiskies. |
At least unusual. It is worth highlighting the wonderful, delicate and quite refined taste of this whisky. It's probably worth adding that Tomintoul is far more interesting in its smoky form than in its classic version! This whisky is fascinating to taste, analyze, dissect, and simply enjoy! 21 22 21 21
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| Нос | — | Behind the light, quite island-like smokiness, the grape part (sour wine must), vanilla and alcohol are very clearly felt. Dried mushrooms, floral perfume, vanilla, subtle hints of rancid oil. Intensity: 6/10 |
| Вкус | — | Sweetish floral, phenolic, oily. At first, there's the pleasant sweetness of dried fruit, creamy lemonade, and fragrant steppe herbs, which quickly fill the mouth with a wormwood bitterness. Unusual, to say the least. Sweetness: 7/10 Saturation: 8/10 |
| Финиш | — | The wormwood bitterness naturally continues its work here, dominating almost entirely. Only occasionally does oak and smoky notes of an indefinite nature emerge. |
I hear that this is expensive for a 10yo whisky. That's a real shame, because this is delicious.
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| Нос | — | Light and fresh, but delightfully peaty like a bonfire on an autumn afternoon. Faint traces of orange blossom and rose petals through the smoke. Very nice. |
| Вкус | — | Creamy, malty toffee, gentle coal smoke and lashings of sugar. |
| Финиш | — | Mouth-watering with a rumbling explosion of gentle spices wrapped in sugar crystals. Long and delicious. |
нос 81 · вкус 80 · финиш 79
Blind tasting during the peat experiment by fassstark.de: Askja also has somehow bowmorenotes, very young, also here again tannins, generally quite ignorant, very flavourless. I like least of all. It tastes like Bowmore but it is not. Who knows? At the post-tasting: The nose is not great, but it is more exciting in the mouth, if quite idiosyncratic and one-dimensional. Certainly different from other smokers and certainly polarizing. Generally very dry, which makes it special. Through the phenolic smoke and in interaction with the other flavors it smells like a disinfectant cocktail with gauze bandage from the hospital.
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| Нос | — | light phenolic smoke, a sauerkraut note, cucumber water, sweet, vanilla, a hint of citrus |
| Вкус | — | the phenolic smoke is also very light here, but sauerkraut does not exist here. Vanilla and very little citrus. Becomes very dry and dry on the finish |
| Финиш | — | The smoke disappears quickly and mainly tannins with a slight sweetness remain, overall very dry and tart |
Soft, but with character, with the aroma of a stewed bonfire, farm, machine oil and caramel, taste with bitterness, with a little sweetness, with tones of burning, pepper and a slice of brown bread, the finish is open, smoky, long. A good peaty spider with the right strength, without any extra jewelry. Will go even to lovers of strict islanders. RATING: 85pts - [n21, t21, f21, b21] → | 83-85: Decent |
нос 84 · вкус 83 · финиш 85
нос 85 · вкус 84 · финиш 84
First Tried:- 2015 - 76pt Nose:- With leather arises slowly with whiff of cocoa and farmy notes. Spirit harsh still obvious with citrus apple underlay. Soft peat. Palate:- Ripe sweet fruits with ginger, firm malt, creamy and spicy. Thin coat of iodine. Finish:- Smooth, medium. With lovely caramel and malty finish. Earthy, warming with some hay. — at The Whisky Bar, Kuala Lumpur.
нос 82 · вкус 85 · финиш 86
sweet fruits, some vanilla, malty and grassy with hints of very gentle peat. that was the nose. The first sip was sweet citrus, malty, some spices and after some seconds the peat kicked in. gentle at first becoming quite all right. some salt as well. Fine peated dram!
нос 82 · вкус 86 · финиш 83
Pretty enjoyable with whisky alcohol well hidden. Sweet, fruity with a balloon that beautifully wraps the whole thing. It's definitely worth a try.
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| Нос | — | delicate sweetness, peat, a lot of smoke, apples, ash from the fire |
| Вкус | — | sweet, redcurrant, smoke, a little bitterness, young oak |
| Финиш | — | long, pleasant, quite sweet, oak, warming tip with a hint of dark chocolate |
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| Нос | 83 | Sweet barley, small amount of peat |
| Вкус | 83 | Again sweet with small amount of peat. Simple and nice |
| Финиш | 80 | Medium short, sweet and clean |
нос 86 · вкус 85 · финиш 86
75/100 tasty
Needs water
нос 82 · вкус 81 · финиш 84
quite tasty
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| Нос | — | barley, peat smoke, raisins, peaches, apples, hints of sherry (wine) |
| Вкус | — | peat smoke, barley, raisins, pepper |
| Финиш | — | medium-long, warm with smooth smokiness |
нос 87 · вкус 85 · финиш 85
Not your average peater, but I find this Old Ballantruan 10 Years very agreeable.
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| Нос | — | Rather gentle with soft smoke, smouldering embers and subtle earthy notes, followed by bandaids. Touches of heather and moss. Some puff pastry, caramel, speculaas (spiced biscuits) and green banana skin, but also pickled oranges. |
| Вкус | — | Earthy peat and licorice, as well as charcoal and smoked, sweet barley husks. Touches of menthol cigarettes and baking spices as well. A whisper of iodine even. |
| Финиш | — | Licorice, aniseed and heather. Rather long. |
Nose: Peat, Smoke, little bit of sweetness - honey, some hay and a little salt is hidden under the peat. Palate: Reminds me of Werther's Original Bonbons, a little bit alcoholic. Finish: medium and peat
нос 84 · вкус 84 · финиш 83
Conclusion in the strong peat experiment: For me clearly a 100% Islay whisky! Spontaneously, I would type 48% on the 8th Anniversary Lagavulin.
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| Нос | — | Blind tasting: Fruity peat rises immediately after pouring from the glass. Citrus fruits mix with the intense peat nose and a subtle smoky note. Already after the first moves I am almost sure that the sample Askja comes to 100% from Islay. Mineral notes, slightly grassy and youthful fresh. Subtle orange and apricot flavors join the voluminous peat notes. |
| Вкус | — | Earthy peat and clay mixes with spicy and tart wood elements and some smoke at the first sip. Fruity sweetness and a hint of vanilla leave the harsh wood tones quickly forgotten. A pinch of black pepper spreads creamy on the tongue and makes the palate glow. Dark caramel and citrus fruit or grapefruit run creamy over the tongue, slowly the warm smoky note intensifies. Herb and wooden with a fine peat-smoke mixture, this blindsample goes into the finish. |
| Финиш | — | Spicy wood notes and pleasant smoke exude a very pleasant and warming aroma. The peat mixes for the last time with the pleasant smoky notes, citrus fruits are added again and end in fruity walnut flavor. For a long time these savory aromas remain warming memories. |
A sample of whisky that I try for the first time. It turned out to be very rich - you can't drink much. Just try.
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| Нос | 85 | The taste is oily, smoked, like smoked mackerel. Some red apples that were burned in the fire. |
| Вкус | 84 | Sweet, and at the same time burning whisky, with pepper. |
| Финиш | 85 | Strong, oily, sweet aftertaste. |
It is strong with the Peat. Yet it is not a complete peat bomb. Very smooth and nice. It is just missing some of the oomph that Ardbeg Ten or Port Charlotte 10 have.
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| Нос | — | Peat, honey sweetness, salt, acidic |
| Вкус | — | Peat, honey sweetness, pineapple, citrusses, grapefruit, pretty much similar like on the nose. |
| Финиш | — | Vanilla, bitterness, honey. Dark tea. |
One of those simple peat malts, less sweet and maritime than an Ardbeg 10, but the drier basic profile is not that different - I would give the Ardbeg 10 one or two points more because of the harmony and better depth.
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| Нос | 85 | 84.5 Sweetish smoky notes in the foreground, then lots of barley malt and simple sweetness from the distillate. In the background very simple aromas of seasoned sherry casks (neither particularly spicy, nor particularly spicy). Alcohol and young age go well together. Well, basically three aromas that are strong but not very deep. |
| Вкус | 84 | Here it is very rough and both sweetness and spiciness are equally pronounced. Then follows a lot of burned firewood and then dry and bitter lightwood. The spicy sherry flavors are at an easy 84 point level. The alcohol gives the whisky a decent structure. |
| Финиш | 84 | A bit too bitter for such a young malt. The distillate is quite ok, but irrelevant. The finish quite smoky and monotonous in the background. |
нос 85 · вкус 84 · финиш 83
0160-OLD BALLANTRUAN "THE PEATED MALT" 10 yo SPEYSIDE GLENLIVET SINGLE MALT SCOTCH Whisky 50% ...This is my first experience with the Tomintoul distillery. I'm not disappointed. Despite its excessive tartness and rather significant dose of "bitterness," I think it's a great sensory experience (I just wrote that). Pleasant aromas, a sense of curiosity in the mouth, that hint of smoke, and everything else... What more could you want?
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| Нос | — | ...this is it, a sweetish, peaty smoke (I'm using the diminutive term because it's not SMOKE), lightly smoked ham dripping with juices. I thought it would be heavy, but here it is, light, fresh, a green meadow after the rain. Then citrus, orange, or even grilled pineapple, warm, sweet, and smoky. From the empty glass, you can smell the forest atmosphere, wet moss, mycelium. Maybe it's just an impression, because the fireplace pleasantly illuminates the evening, and the sausage is already burning on the stick – but I smell that charcoal in the glass, a bit of ash... and somewhere in the distance, a jug of sour milk, sic?! |
| Вкус | — | ...but where's that 50% ABV? If it weren't for the fact that it's clearly on the label, I wouldn't have paid that much. The first sip is pleasant, slightly bitter, sweet, with a delicate spicy pepperiness, a light creaminess, and then the sweetness transforms into dryness, with more bitter oak and bitter grapefruit. By the second sip, the malt has already appeared, but you still can't tell it's 50% ABV. There's more pleasantly warming pickled ginger, bitter orange, and there's also peat, but not enough to "overwhelm" the other ingredients (a difficult word). |
| Финиш | — | ...rather medium, but more tart, bitter-smoky, as if I had just "taken" some smoke from the fireplace, warming, after a while there remains an aftertaste of "wet earth" (whatever that means) and... that's it actually. |
blind tasting
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| Нос | — | ölig, schmutzig, Motor, Holzrauch, süß, Karamell, Vanille und Zitrus |
| Вкус | — | ölig rauchige Konsistenz mit Vanillesirup und Blumenaroma, dunkle Schokolade |
| Финиш | — | lang, herb, rauchig, ein schöner Hauch süßer Vanille und Schokolade, es bleibt Rauch mit herber Schokolade, etwas Tabak |
Aroma: braised fire, crust of black bread with cumin, moistened apples, coal dust, later sweetness: honey, apple jam, brown sugar, all accompanied by smoke; oak chips, a very pleasant aroma of freshly ground coffee, in the background oil products and a medical office. Taste: smoky mineral, some salt, extra dark chocolate, strong espresso, activated charcoal, apple jam, Borodinsky bread crust, a little red pepper. Finish: longer than average, smoke, a bit of oak, a pleasant coffee bitterness, sweet and sour, mineral-salty, gradually fading. Rating: 85 The result: a very good result for a peat release of this particular distillate. The aroma is constantly developing giving out new tones in the process of tasting. The level is absolutely not inferior to the base Ayla peat-legends, although the style here is different, very pleased with the coffee and chocolate note, probably this is a feature of this mold!
Nose: peat is definitly present, some caramel freh fruits and dried fruits also spring in the nose Taste: a very nicely well balanced peaty whiksy, great taste, spicey, dried fruits, caramel and honey and even some well balanced wood tastes, a little bit of maritime saltyness. All present allong side the peat. A very full body, you can feel the oils are present in the mouth. Delightfull. Finish: For a peaty whisky not to long lasting a bit spicey and peaty.
нос 84 · вкус 92 · финиш 89