Macallan 1990 MM
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | Murray McDavid (MM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1990 |
| Bottled Year | 2004 |
| Age | 16년 |
| Cask Type | Fresh Sherry |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 두어 번 돌린 뒤 코를 가져가면 신선한 셰리에서 온 바닐라 퍼지와 건포도가 앞서고 이내 고사리와 젖은 이끼 같은 식물성 뉘앙스가 뒤에서 배어난다. 한 모금을 머금으면 46도의 도수가 단정하게 퍼지며 버터 토피와 맥아, 옅은 광물성 짠맛이 차례로 지나간다. 1990년 원액을 16년 채운 이 보틀링은 삼킨 뒤 레몬과 바닐라의 깔끔한 결을 남기고 정리된다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
pale gold
air Nose
we’re more in the vein of the second CV here, but with extra-oomph and more cask influence. More plain vanilla and vanilla fudge at first nosing but then it gets wilder, farmier, more vegetal and more mineral, not unlike the 12 we just had. Notes of fern, moss, fresh mushrooms, plantain bananas, roots, dead leaves... Then very big notes of wet chalk, a little porridge, ginger tonic, faint hints of turpentine and varnish, shoe polish... It’s very complex for such a young whisky, and certainly the one I like most of all recent bottlings by Springbank – so far!
restaurant Palate
excellent attack, punchy but not overpowering, starting right on these very weird notes that I think are quite unpleasant in some recent Springbanks, Longrows or Hazelburns but that work quite well here. Something like Seven-Up or gin-tonic, or ginger wine. Also quite some butter, plain lemons, buttered toffee, malt, something like concentrated milk, melons... Let’s see what happens with water (and while the nose got smokier): more citrus (tangerines starting to rot – nothing wrong here), a little more salt and a very typical salty waxiness (?) plus quite some added spices, such as nutmeg and cinnamon and a sherry that got a little more obvious now but still rather discreet we think
timer Finish
long, more compact (vanilla, lemons and salt) and also a little cleaner, which is exactly what’s expected in a very good whisky at my end. I think this is excellent at barely 10 years of age and I almost feel like shouting ‘hurray for Springbank!’ An old love of mine may well be back