Macallan 08-year-old Fine Oak
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | Fine Oak |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | 8년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon & Sherry |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 40.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | "Fine Oak" directly written under Macallan |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
"Fine Oak" directly written under Macallan
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈는 자극이 거의 없고 둥글게 열린다. 파라핀과 사과 껍질, 생호두가 먼저 두드러지고 곧 꽃향과 녹차의 결이 발전한다. 새 오크의 향이 상당히 명확하다. 40도 팰럿은 우드의 개입이 강한 편으로 엽록소와 스피어민트를 떠올리게 하는 초록빛 결이 지나간 뒤 왁스와 레몬, 옅은 가죽으로 이어진다. 피니시는 종이 같은 건조함과 파라핀이 남고 우드 스파이스가 마무리를 잡는다. 버번과 셰리를 함께 쓴 8년 숙성 파인 오크다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
just as strong but much rounder and more noseable, not spirity at all. Quite some paraffin and apple skin as well as fresh walnuts at first sniff, very clean, developing on more floral notes and green tea (really, it’s like when you put your nose over a freshly opened pack of green Yunnan). Lots of fresh oak as well. With water: now it got extremely cardboardy but in a very pleasant way (smells like an old bookshop), with the oak being even nicer. Even the strong notes of green tea get even more elegant. Really antique in fact, unlike any other distillery I know and not too far from the acclaimed (at least by the Maniacs) 19 yo 1979 Rare malts. Great hints of lemon liqueur
restaurant Palate
I like this attack, even if there’s a lot of wood and a heavy ‘greenness’ (chlorophyll, spearmint and something like exercise book paper – remember, at school?) It gets then waxy and then quite lemony and sort of leathery (not that I eat leather everyday). A lot of oakiness indeed. With water: well, this one isn’t a much better swimmer I’m afraid, it really got too cardboardy now. A tough choice: either you drink this one straight and it’ll probably burn your palate, or you drink it with water and it’s much poorer and dryer. Finish (watered down): long but cardboardy and too much on paraffin, although the spiciness from the wood is nice. Too bad. 85 points. MUSIC – Recommended listening (pop-rock): New York City's Paul Damian Hogan The Third and his band 'Frances' play Lighthouse.mp3 . Catchy and well crafted. Please buy Paul etc.'s music. March 30, 2007 TASTING – FOUR RECENT YOUNG MACALLANS + AN INDIE Macallan 8 yo ‘Fine Oak’ (40%, OB, circa 2006) A version exclusive to Italy – theoretically