Macallan 08-year-old Giovinetti & Figli import

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Macallan
Bottler	Distillery Bottling
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	-
Bottled Year	-
Age	8년
Cask Type	Matured in Sherry Wood
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	40.0%
Volume	750 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Speyside

Flavor Profile

Dried Fruit

Chocolate

Vanilla

Oaky

Sweet

Honey

Fruity

Creamy

Spicy

Citrus

Floral

Nutty

Maritime

Herbal

Smoky

Peaty

Tasting 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

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