Macallan 1985 HPdV

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Macallan
Bottler	H.P. de Vreng en Zonen (HPdV)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1985
Bottled Year	1997
Age	12년
Cask Type	-
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	43.0%
Volume	500 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Speyside

Flavor Profile

Dried Fruit

Vanilla

Chocolate

Sweet

Oaky

Creamy

Fruity

Honey

Spicy

Floral

Citrus

Nutty

Herbal

Smoky

Peaty

Maritime

Tasting Notes

Colour

pale gold

air Nose

very fruity at first nosing (ripe apples, pineapples) with a rather obvious mustiness in the background. Gets more beerish (not bearish like Wall Street) after a while, with also hints of geranium and warm praline, the whole being quite quick to fade away until it gets almost silent, except for a few herbal notes (lemon balm and hints of verbena). Pleasant but a little weakish, I’d say... The palate should determine the outcome

restaurant Palate

well, no, it does not work. First it’s a bit weakish again and then it’s the oak’s tannins that invade your mouth. Too drying and caramelly as well. Too bad, one can feel that what’s behind that is good stuff (for instance pretty notes of sultanas). And a short and tannic finish... Well, this Spinola series was really strange, it seems that it included true wonders but also unexpectedly feeble versions of blue chips (Port Ellen, this Macallan...)

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