Macallan 1996 DT The Octave
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | Duncan Taylor (DT) |
| Bottling Series | The Octave |
| Vintage | 1996 |
| Bottled Year | 2014 |
| Age | 17년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Octave Cask |
| Cask Number | 725343 |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 54.8% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈는 셰리의 짙은 색채와 함께 연필 깎은 부스러기 같은 오크 향이 동시에 두드러진다. 자두와 산딸기, 대추야자에 카시스가 겹치며 계피와 코코아 파우더로 발전한다. 팰럿은 꿀처럼 두꺼운 질감으로 흐르고 과일잼 위로 정향과 감초, 민트가 층을 이룬다. 쓴 오렌지가 단맛을 붙잡아 균형이 단단하다. 피니시는 매우 길고 민트 감초의 상쾌함으로 끝난다. 54.8도 셰리 옥타브 캐스크 17년다운 구조감이다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
red mahogany
air Nose
this one, while being even more sherried than the 18, also displays more bourbony notes that may come from some very active oak. Like, pencil shavings. Apart from that, it’s a maelstrom of dried fruits including small berries as well as a few mentholated notes like we found in the 18. Prunes, raspberries, dates, kumquats (there, Marcel), cassis, then more cinnamon and cocoa powder, more cassis, a lot of cassis… Crème de Cassis Dijon-style? With water: goes toward the 18, only with more freshish oak. So more pencil shavings, but also more fruitcake and spearmint
restaurant Palate
as creamy as honey and as thick as, well, honey. Almost some kind of tutti frutti jam with some green pepper, cloves, mint, liquorice and cinnamon. You may need a spoon rather than a glass! Big bitter oranges too. With water: rum and raisins emerge, and so do blood oranges and cinnamon. A wee touch of ginger from the oak
timer Finish
very long, a bit greener, which isn’t unpleasant. Mint-flavoured liquorice. That leaves you with an unexpected fresh and clean aftertaste