Macallan 08-year-old Fine Oak
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | - |
| Bottled Year | 2006 |
| Age | 8년 |
| Cask Type | Bourbon & Sherry Casks |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 40.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml 700 ml 700 ml 1000 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 천천히 돌리면 옅은 황금빛이 유리 벽을 타고 미끄러진다. 코끝을 가져가면 매캘런 파인 오크다운 파라핀과 사과 껍질, 갓 깐 호두 향이 맑게 올라오고, 은은한 녹차와 신선한 오크가 뒤따른다. 한 모금 머금으면 40도의 편안한 도수가 왁스 같은 질감과 레몬, 옅은 가죽, 나무의 풍미를 혀 위에 펼친다. 삼킨 뒤에는 오크의 스파이스와 시트러스의 여운이 산뜻하게 남아 이어진다.
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