Macallan 1990 MM Mission Gold

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Macallan
Bottler	Murray McDavid (MM)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1990
Bottled Year	2007
Age	-
Cask Type	Bourbon / Château Haut Brion Finish
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	46.0%
Volume	700 ml 750 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Speyside

Flavor Profile

Dried Fruit

Chocolate

Vanilla

Fruity

Oaky

Sweet

Creamy

Honey

Spicy

Floral

Citrus

Nutty

Herbal

Smoky

Maritime

Peaty

Tasting Notes

Colour

deep amber - much darker than the old one, see picture above

air Nose

bolder, and more spectacular attack, with the eucalyptus and resin coming much sooner. More phenolic, with whiffs of smoke. Lots of crystallised orange. Some really great sherry in there… A beautiful nose, bolder, with more oomph than its older version. Wow!

restaurant Palate

oh, this has just nothing to do with the ‘old’ 30 yo . A bold, creamy attack, on lots of sherry, dried fruits (all kinds, pear, orange, fig…), spices, cake… Close to the greatest old Macallan 18 yo distilled in the seventies. Great notes of eucalyptus and peppermint, and some soft tannins and white pepper. Beautiful. The finish is medium long, but bold and balanced. What’s sure is that this new 30 yo is just another whisky. It turns out that they managed to turn their formerly overlooked 30 yo into a benchmark malt, congrats ! 90 points . November 22, 2004 MUSIC - Recommended listening: highly skilled French pop composer Benjamin Biolay sings ' Les Cerfs-Volants ' (Paperkites - mp3). Some say he's Serge Gainsbourg's spiritual son... Benjamin is also Chiara Mastroianni's husband (picture, right) - and Chiara is the daughter of Catherine Deneuve (picture, left) and Marcello Mastroianni. Yes, Benjamin is the guy on the middle of the picture. Lucky one. Please buy his music! TASTING - THREE NEW INDIE MACALLANS Macallan 1990/2004 Rum Finish (46%, Wilson & Morgan)

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