Macallan 22-year-old GM Macallan-Glenlivet - A Pure Highland Malt - De Luxe Quality

CategorySINGLE MALT
DistilleryMacallan
BottlerGordon & MacPhail (GM)
Bottling Series-
Vintage-
Bottled Year-
Age22년
Cask Type-
Cask Number-
Bottles Released-
ABV70.0%
Volume750 ml
Label-
CountryScotland
RegionSpeyside
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Flavor Profile

Dried Fruit
Chocolate
Vanilla
Sweet
Creamy
Honey
Fruity
Floral
Oaky
Spicy
Nutty
Citrus
Herbal
Peaty
Smoky
Maritime

Tasting 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

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