Macallan 1961 GM A Pure Highland Malt
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1961 |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | 15년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Wood |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 43.0% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈에서는 1961 맥캘란 특유의 묵은 셰리와 광택 낸 우드 향이 동시에 두드러진다. 15년 셰리 우드 숙성이 발전시킨 말린 자두, 가죽, 다크 캐러멜, 가벼운 시나몬 노트가 명확하게 드러난다. 팰럿은 43도의 정제된 도수가 입을 부드럽게 채우며 흑설탕, 호두, 자두 콩포트, 가벼운 백후추가 단단한 구조를 형성한다. 스페이사이드 맥캘란의 황금기 빈티지 셰리 캐릭터가 또렷이 드러나는 보틀링이다. 피니시는 셰리 단맛과 가죽의 여운으로 길게 이어진다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
amber
air Nose
starts both fresher and fruitier than expected as well as less heavily sherried. It’s more flowery at first nosing, with heavy notes of peony mingling with tangerine liqueur and hints of old roses. Very elegant and very expressive, with a perfect balance. Whiffs of smoke. Gets then more classical with a little oak, raisins, orange marmalade, apricot cake… Also huge notes of ripe mirabelle plums, faint hints of ginger tonic and even grenadine syrup. And ripe strawberries, blackcurrant, prunes, a little toffee… Funny notes of black olives. Top notch
restaurant Palate
a beautifully dry attack, not as sweet and rounded as expected. Lots of tea, bitter caramel, balsamic vinegar… Rather powerful at 43%. Goes on with notes of cake, rum, Smyrna raisins… Not very complex in fact but beautifully compact and ‘crafted’. The raisins grow bigger by the minutes (so to speak). The finish is long, slightly bitter, dry and clean, with hints of calvados and a little salt. Classy stuff anyway. 90 points . Macallan 1948-1961/1981 ‘Royal Marriage’ (43%, OB) Bottled to celebrate Charles and Diana’s wedding