Macallan 1974 BA Natural Strength
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | Blackadder (BA) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1974 |
| Bottled Year | 1997 |
| Age | 22년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Butt |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 53.1% |
| Volume | 50 ml 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈는 허브 리큐어와 소금기 어린 옛 셰리의 결이 강하게 두드러진다. 쓴 마멀레이드와 설탕에 절인 생강이 뒤따르고 그 아래로 흙내 나는 건조한 피트가 깔린다. 팰럿에서는 셰리 벗에서 22년을 보낸 원액이 타르 리큐어와 오렌지 코디얼, 유칼립투스 오일로 발전한다. 53.1도의 도수가 부드럽게 다듬어졌음에도 구조는 흐트러지지 않는다. 피니시는 예상보다 길고 끝으로 갈수록 짠맛과 약초의 기운이 강해진다.
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