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

Dried Fruit

Chocolate

Vanilla

Oaky

Sweet

Fruity

Honey

Creamy

Spicy

Floral

Nutty

Citrus

Herbal

Smoky

Peaty

Maritime

Tasting 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

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