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
Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 파라핀과 생호두, 사과 껍질이 순서대로 명확하게 드러나고 시간이 지나면 녹차와 꽃향이 발전한다. 오래된 서점을 떠올리게 하는 종이 뉘앙스도 읽힌다. 40도 팰럿은 셰리 우드에서 온 단맛보다 나무의 결이 앞서며 왁스와 레몬, 가죽의 순으로 이어진다. 도수가 낮아도 우드 탄닌의 존재감이 뚜렷하다. 피니시는 건조한 편으로 파라핀과 우드 스파이스가 깊게 머문다. 이탈리아 수입사를 위해 병입된 8년 숙성 매캘런이다.
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