Macallan 1989 G&C Golden Pearl Collection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | Gordon & Company (G&C) |
| Bottling Series | Golden Pearl Collection |
| Vintage | 1989 |
| Bottled Year | 2015 |
| Age | 25년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | 17894 |
| Bottles Released | 171 |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈는 피노 셰리를 떠올리게 하는 건조한 향으로 시작한다. 호두와 가죽, 담배 보관함 같은 향이 두드러지고 멘톨과 유칼립투스가 뒤따르며 발전한다. 말린 햄과 아몬드, 옅은 커리 향신료까지 더해져 결이 매우 촘촘하다. 팰럿은 의외로 약재에 가깝다. 타르와 기침 사탕, 안젤리카와 아니스가 차례로 드러나고 당절임 오렌지가 단맛을 붙든다. 피니시는 길고 송진과 민트가 깊게 머문다. 25년 숙성을 46도로 낸 병입이다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
amber/bronze
air Nose
same style as the 1958, with again these fino-ish notes, walnuts, leather, tobacco, humidor… It’s rather less expressive than the 1958 but there’s also more menthol and eucalyptus, so maybe the casks were a little more active. Hard to say… Also touches of old ham, almonds, even ideas of yellow curry... So yeah, the complexity is pretty immense
restaurant Palate
oh yes, this one is incomparably more on menthol than the 1958 and it seems that there’s much more peat as well. It’s even quite medicinal and sort of Taliskerish. Some tar, cough lozenges, angelica, chartreuse, even a little aniseed, maybe wormwood, marzipan, crystallised oranges... This time we’re having a big whisky but it’s true that it was bottled at 45.5% vs. 43. Brilliant even if no whisky lover who would have never tried some old Macallan would tell you this can be, well, Macallan
timer Finish
long this time, with some pine sap, eucalyptus drops, After Eights, mint, fir honeydew… In fact, it’s quite resinous. A little old wood in the aftertaste