Macallan 2018/ESH-2340/04 Exceptional Single Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | Exceptional Single Cask |
| Vintage | 2002 |
| Bottled Year | 2018 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | European Oak Sherry Hogshead |
| Cask Number | 2340 |
| Bottles Released | 283 |
| ABV | 57.8% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
유러피언 오크 셰리 호그스헤드를 썼지만 색이 옅은 금빛에 머무는 익셉셔널 단일 캐스크로 캐스크의 개입이 매우 절제되어 있다. 노즈는 깨끗하고 곡물 중심이며 물을 더하면 벤 풀과 갓 짠 오렌지주스가 드러난다. 팰럿은 작은 베리류와 그 증류주를 떠올리게 하는 순수한 성격으로 보리차와 멜론, 잘 익은 사과와 체리가 이어진다. 레몬그라스의 향이 인상적이다. 피니시는 중간 길이로 보리의 단맛이 또렷하다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
gold. No heavy sherry, I suppose
air Nose
what what what? This is e-xac-tly the same nose as that of the Douglas Laing, aroma for aroma. Perhaps just a tiny wee touch of vanilla missing in this one, but that is all. Amazing – and no, I did not muddle up my glasses. With water: last week’s cut grass and freshly squeezed orange juice
restaurant Palate
ho ho ho… Small berries and the eaux-de-vie distilled thereof, this is as close to some ‘pure’ distillate as you could get. In other words, the cask seems to have filtered out the unwanted molecules – which is one of his duties, as you know – but it did not impart any additional flavours. Not one. The end result is pretty brilliant, albeit a little simple, on barley water, melons, ripe apples, cherries, and lemongrass. Wheelbarrowloads of lemongrass. With water: same, just the same. Perhaps a notch more on sweet barley notes
timer Finish
only medium, but so perfectly barley-ish that you would start to declaim poetry. No, not obligatorily Robert Burns