Macallan 1981 DL The Old Malt Cask
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | Douglas Laing (DL) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1981 |
| Bottled Year | 2006 |
| Age | 25년 |
| Cask Type | Refill Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 50.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
짙은 마호가니빛이 잔 속에 무겁게 내려앉는다. 셰리의 힘이 대단해서 처음에는 발사믹과 사과 식초의 새콤함이 스치고 곧 고소한 토피와 딸기 가나슈로 방향을 튼다. 시간이 지나면 핑크 자몽과 패션프루트 같은 생과실이 뜻밖에 살아난다. 50도의 입안은 농축된 허브와 민트, 잼의 단맛이 한꺼번에 밀려오고 사워 애플과 검은 후추가 그 틈을 파고든다. 여운은 쌉쌀한 초콜릿과 버터 캐러멜로 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)