Macallan 1981 DL The Old Malt Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | Douglas Laing (DL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1981 |
| Bottled Year | 2007 |
| Age | 25년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Butt |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 50.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 흔들면 마호가니빛이 유리에 진하게 남는다. 코를 가져가면 발사믹 식초 같은 새콤함이 뜻밖에 먼저 튀어나오고 곧 견과와 토피, 딸기 가나슈가 그 위를 덮는다. 뒤이어 자몽과 패션프루트, 버섯과 고기의 향까지 계속 자리를 바꾼다. 50도를 한 모금 머금으면 허브와 민트, 잼 같은 단맛이 동시에 오고 사과 산미와 검은 후추가 뒤를 잇는다. 삼킨 뒤에는 쓴 초콜릿과 버터 캐러멜이 길게 이어진다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
mahogany
air Nose
wow, lots of sherry! Slightly acetic (huge balsamic vinegar, apple vinegar) at first nosing, very unusual. It’s not a flaw here. Gets then very nutty and toffeeish, with lots of strawberry ganache (mixture of chocolate and fruit pulp) and a little coffee. Superb notes of fresh fruits coming through, including pink grapefruit and even passion fruits. Gets then rather meaty (pork cooked with pineapples) and mushroomy. Fantastically lively and complex! A whole adventure…
restaurant Palate
concentrated, herbal, minty and jammy at the same time. Great dryness. Notes of sour apples, calvados, black pepper, old rum, old sweet wine… Rich but not thick, lots of elegance. Long finish on bitter chocolate and pepper, buttered caramel, getting maybe just a tad too drying/tannic… Anyway, top notch ‘ancient-style’ Macallan, resembling some much older – and much more expensive OB’s. 92 points . Macallan 25 yo 1981/2006 (50%, Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask, 357 bottles)