Macallan 1985 AS Malt Trust
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | Aged Spirits (AS) |
| Bottling Series | Malt Trust |
| Vintage | 1985 |
| Bottled Year | 2008 |
| Age | 22년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | 3236 |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 53.6% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 기울이면 오렌지빛이 도는 호박색이 천천히 벽을 타고 내려온다. 코를 묻으면 소금기 어린 옛 셰리와 수지 향이 먼저 오고 그 뒤로 마른 흙 같은 피트가 따라붙는다. 53.6도의 한 모금을 굴리면 쓴 마멀레이드와 허브 리큐어가 혀를 덮고 설탕에 절인 생강이 스친다. 삼킨 뒤에는 타르와 헤더 꿀이 소금기와 함께 길게 되돌아온다. 1985년 원액을 22년 두어 지금은 보기 힘든 옛 스타일을 붙잡아 둔 병입이다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
orangey amber
air Nose
extraordinarily herbal and with a super old school salty, resinous and earthy sherry profile that also incorporates a stunningly drying, equally old school peat. Beautiful aromas of bitter marmalade, long aged yellow Chartreuse, aged Drambuie, crystallised ginger, heather honey and many more obscure liqueurs like the tar and fir varieties. Really this is a pre-WWII style of malt whisky that didn't even exist by the 1950s I would say. What a nose!
restaurant Palate
it has obviously lost a little power, but it retains this stunningly earthy, rooty and drying peat smoke that recalls many glorious Highland Parks of similar production era. Tar liqueurs, orange cordial, herbal syrups and cocktail bitters, eucalyptus oil and wormwood. This is truly 'Liqueur Scotch Whisky' - and strictly very little to do with modern malt whisky
timer Finish
surprisingly long given the up-front softness on the palate, I would even say it gathers power right into the aftertaste, returning to these variations on saltiness, pristine old school sherry, tar and herbal liqueurs, crystallised flower honeys and even impressions of very old Sauternes