Macallan 1996 Easter Elchies
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | Easter Elchies |
| Vintage | 1996 |
| Bottled Year | 2013 |
| Age | 17년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Butt |
| Cask Number | 26 |
| Bottles Released | 386 |
| ABV | 55.3% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
셰리 버트에서 열일곱 해를 보낸 시간이 매캘란 특유의 풍성한 셰리 캐릭터를 빚어냈다. 1996년 증류한 이 스페이사이드 원액은 향에서 건포도와 잘 익은 오렌지, 흑설탕이 진하게 피어오른다. 입에서는 대추야자와 토피, 다크초콜릿의 단맛이 입천장을 천천히 덮고, 55.3도의 기운이 정향과 호두를 끌어올린다. 깊은 적갈색 아래로 건과일과 가죽의 여운이 따뜻하고 길게 이어진다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
red mahogany
air Nose
this one, while being even more sherried than the 18, also displays more bourbony notes that may come from some very active oak. Like, pencil shavings. Apart from that, it’s a maelstrom of dried fruits including small berries as well as a few mentholated notes like we found in the 18. Prunes, raspberries, dates, kumquats (there, Marcel), cassis, then more cinnamon and cocoa powder, more cassis, a lot of cassis… Crème de Cassis Dijon-style? With water: goes toward the 18, only with more freshish oak. So more pencil shavings, but also more fruitcake and spearmint
restaurant Palate
as creamy as honey and as thick as, well, honey. Almost some kind of tutti frutti jam with some green pepper, cloves, mint, liquorice and cinnamon. You may need a spoon rather than a glass! Big bitter oranges too. With water: rum and raisins emerge, and so do blood oranges and cinnamon. A wee touch of ginger from the oak
timer Finish
very long, a bit greener, which isn’t unpleasant. Mint-flavoured liquorice. That leaves you with an unexpected fresh and clean aftertaste