Macallan 1990 DE
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | Dun Eideann (DE) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1990 |
| Bottled Year | 2002 |
| Age | 9년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 크게 휘돌리면 짙은 호박빛이 유리 안쪽을 진하게 물들인다. 코를 가져가면 유칼립투스와 송진이 곧바로 튀어오르고 그 사이로 옅은 연기와 설탕에 절인 오렌지가 섞여 든다. 삼키기 전에 혀 위에서 굴리면 셰리에서 온 무화과와 말린 배가 크리미하게 번지고 백후추가 뒤를 찌른다. 넘긴 뒤에는 페퍼민트의 서늘함이 목을 훑고 지나간다. 1990년 증류해 2002년 던 에이단이 병입한 9년 숙성이다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
deep amber - much darker than the old one, see picture above
air Nose
bolder, and more spectacular attack, with the eucalyptus and resin coming much sooner. More phenolic, with whiffs of smoke. Lots of crystallised orange. Some really great sherry in there… A beautiful nose, bolder, with more oomph than its older version. Wow!
restaurant Palate
oh, this has just nothing to do with the ‘old’ 30 yo . A bold, creamy attack, on lots of sherry, dried fruits (all kinds, pear, orange, fig…), spices, cake… Close to the greatest old Macallan 18 yo distilled in the seventies. Great notes of eucalyptus and peppermint, and some soft tannins and white pepper. Beautiful. The finish is medium long, but bold and balanced. What’s sure is that this new 30 yo is just another whisky. It turns out that they managed to turn their formerly overlooked 30 yo into a benchmark malt, congrats ! 90 points . November 22, 2004 MUSIC - Recommended listening: highly skilled French pop composer Benjamin Biolay sings ' Les Cerfs-Volants ' (Paperkites - mp3). Some say he's Serge Gainsbourg's spiritual son... Benjamin is also Chiara Mastroianni's husband (picture, right) - and Chiara is the daughter of Catherine Deneuve (picture, left) and Marcello Mastroianni. Yes, Benjamin is the guy on the middle of the picture. Lucky one. Please buy his music! TASTING - THREE NEW INDIE MACALLANS Macallan 1990/2004 Rum Finish (46%, Wilson & Morgan)