Macallan 18-year-old
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1988 |
| Bottled Year | 2006 |
| Age | 18년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Oak |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 40.0% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
스페이 강을 끼고 완만한 구릉에 자리한 매캘란은 온화한 스페이사이드 기후 속에서 셰리 오크의 풍미를 천천히 길러낸다. 셰리 오크에서 18년을 보낸 이 위스키는 짙은 마호가니빛을 머금는다. 향은 말린 과일과 진한 셰리, 잘 익은 오렌지 껍질이 부드럽게 비치고 묵은 가죽이 뒤따른다. 40도의 낮은 도수에서 입은 건포도와 정향, 다크초콜릿이 매끄럽게 흐른다. 중간에는 생강과 계피 같은 향신료, 호두의 고소함이 둥글게 퍼진다. 묵은 오크와 마른 향신료의 여운이 우아하게 가라앉으며 오래 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
gold
air Nose
yes, a leafy, leathery peat is roaring in the background but other than that, we’re rather close to the 1958, with this fino-ness that comes with bags of almonds and walnuts. The crystallised oranges are there as well, something a little metallic (and yes it was a cork) and then a growing smoke involving coal, wood and peat. Also some graphite oil, linseed, tar, a little motor oil, turpentine… It’s not the ‘widest’ old Macallan at this point but the smoky dryness is wonderful. Remember this one was only 15 years old at time of bottling. After twenty minutes: good news, more kumquats and raisins
restaurant Palate
oh wow! Literally explodes on your tongue, with myriads of tiny dried fruits, liqueurs and herbal teas, all coated with peat smoke. Where to start? Oranges, that’s done. Then various raisins, citrus fruits (yes, kumquats), candied fruits (all of them, like in a perfect cassata), some praline, glazed chestnuts, little coffee drops, some malt, some tar, some strong cough drops, some liquorice… And wheelbarrows of other tinier elements. What’s really striking is the power beyond the complexity. Big phat old-skool malt whisky!
timer Finish
long, with the herbal/leafy side coming more to the fore. Bee propolis