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

Dried Fruit

Chocolate

Fruity

Vanilla

Sweet

Oaky

Honey

Creamy

Spicy

Nutty

Herbal

Citrus

Floral

Peaty

Maritime

Smoky

Tasting 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)

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