Macallan 1971 SV Vintage Collection - Dumpy
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | Signatory Vintage (SV) |
| Bottling Series | Vintage Collection - Dumpy |
| Vintage | 1971 |
| Bottled Year | 1999 |
| Age | 27년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry |
| Cask Number | 99/1239 |
| Bottles Released | 190 |
| ABV | 54.2% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | 106.8 Proof |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
106.8 Proof
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
amber – cognac
air Nose
huge, starting curiously vegetal and rubbery. Tons of sherry, extremely concentrated. Notes of anise (raki), fig jam, prunes, old rancio, dried bananas… Goes on with old rum and candy sugar, a little liquorice… Also burnt wood and burnt tyres, armagnac, balsamic and game. Incredibly rich. Keeps developing on salmiak… Quite monstrous if I may say so, a very classic sherry monster indeed, although it does get a little more refined after quite a while (spearmint, lemon balm, peppermint)
restaurant Palate
extremely powerful and sherried. Reminds us of an armagnac at cask strength. Quite rough in fact, with lots of kirsch but also drying tannins. Lacks roundness. Again quite some rubber, salted liquorice… Develops on spices, pepper, cloves, cinnamon… Very hot and sort of acrid and burning. Gets vinous (very tannic red like young Madiran). The finish is very long but still quite hot, tannic, drying, with lots of prunes and cooked strawberries. A rather rustic Macallan, the sherry and the wood not being too integrated on the palate after all these years. 84 points . Macallan 27 yo 1971/1999 (54.2%, Signatory, dark sherry butt #12/096/28, 652 bottles)
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