Macallan 1985 McG McGibbon's Provenance

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Macallan
Bottler	Douglas McGibbon (McG)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1985
Bottled Year	2003
Age	18년
Cask Type	One Cask
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	55.1%
Volume	700 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Speyside

Flavor Profile

Dried Fruit

Chocolate

Vanilla

Spicy

Oaky

Sweet

Fruity

Honey

Creamy

Nutty

Floral

Citrus

Herbal

Maritime

Smoky

Peaty

Tasting Notes

Colour

dark amber

air Nose

starts on beef stock and dark chocolate, more oloroso than the olorosoest of all olorosos and gets then extremely complex, with no obvious aromas standing out anymore. It’s rather an assemblage of myriads of tiny notes, such as raisins, beef jerky, milk chocolate, walnuts, bread crust, burnt caramel, rum, strawberry jam, ash smoke, ham, wine sauce, toffee, kirsch, coffee, bacon, moss, mushrooms… Agreed, what a litany! Oh, and maybe cooking turnips

restaurant Palate

well, the first feeling we get is ‘old Macallan!’ It’s big, robust whisky and really, it’s very Macallan (I know this is of little use, sorry.) Smyrna raisins, toffee, liquorice, smoked ham, prunes, coffee… Oh well, you see what I mean. Very Macallan indeed and this is adorable, even if it does get just a tad dryish after a moment

timer Finish

long, a tad rawer now, salty and balsamic but also more candied and fruity at the retro-olfaction (apricot liqueur)

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