Macallan 1998 GM Speymalt
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1998 |
| Bottled Year | 2024 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | 1st Fill Sherry Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 54.2% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
어두운 호박빛이 잔에 무겁게 잠겨 있다. 향은 오래된 시가 보관함의 마른 나무와 말린 과일로 시작해 쇳내에 가까운 서늘함과 구운 몰트, 초콜릿으로 이어진다. 퍼스트필 셰리 호그스헤드에서 왔음에도 단맛보다 건조함이 앞선다. 54.2도의 입은 넓고 꽉 차 무화과와 건포도, 대추야자가 겹치며 쑥과 아니스, 민트의 약초 기운이 복잡함을 더한다. 여운은 길고 둥글며 마멀레이드와 무화과가 오래 이어진다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
dark amber
air Nose
both the resemblance and the differences are striking. Did they use to add a bit of rum into Macallan at CH&K? Of course I’m joking, what’s similar is the ‘old humidor’ side as well as the dried fruits, while what’s obviously different is the slightly steely profile, the whiffs of roasted malt, the notes of toasted cake and the chocolate. Also the wood smoke that arises after one minute. More globally, this is obviously drier; I’d even say it’s both drier and less emphatic than many other vintages. The raisins have been burnt here
restaurant Palate
wider, fuller and more ‘immediate’ than the rum, and without any noticeable oakiness. It’s typically old Macallan, in fact, with this sherry that does not taste like plain sherry at all, and that brings many dried fruits, from figs to raisins and from dates to prunes. No meatiness here, no gunpowder, no grapey notes, rather those fruits plus some tobacco, some fresh fruits as well (ripe bananas, perhaps) and then just one drop of cough syrup that brings even more complexity (a little wormwood, aniseed, mint, sloe, juniper…) Impeccable
timer Finish
long, rather round, with some chocolate, marmalade, maybe cherries in kirsch, figs… Fresh oranges in the aftertaste lift it