Macallan 1988 SV Cask Strength Collection
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | Signatory Vintage (SV) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1988 |
| Bottled Year | 2009 |
| Age | 18년 |
| Cask Type | Hogshead |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 55.2% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
어두운 호박빛이 잔 안에 짙게 어린다. 향은 진한 올로로소처럼 열려 소고기 육수와 다크초콜릿이 먼저 오고 건포도와 호두, 태운 캐러멜이 뒤이어 겹친다. 재 냄새와 훈제 햄의 기운까지 더해져 층이 촘촘하다. 55.2도의 술은 입에서 크고 단단하게 버티며 토피와 감초, 커피의 쓴맛을 차례로 풀어 놓는다. 1988년 스피릿이 열여덟 해를 보낸 이 위스키는 옛 맥캘란의 굵은 골격을 그대로 보여 준다. 여운은 길고 짭조름한 발사믹이 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
dark amber
air Nose
starts on beef stock and dark chocolate, more oloroso than the olorosoest of all olorosos and gets then extremely complex, with no obvious aromas standing out anymore. It’s rather an assemblage of myriads of tiny notes, such as raisins, beef jerky, milk chocolate, walnuts, bread crust, burnt caramel, rum, strawberry jam, ash smoke, ham, wine sauce, toffee, kirsch, coffee, bacon, moss, mushrooms… Agreed, what a litany! Oh, and maybe cooking turnips
restaurant Palate
well, the first feeling we get is ‘old Macallan!’ It’s big, robust whisky and really, it’s very Macallan (I know this is of little use, sorry.) Smyrna raisins, toffee, liquorice, smoked ham, prunes, coffee… Oh well, you see what I mean. Very Macallan indeed and this is adorable, even if it does get just a tad dryish after a moment
timer Finish
long, a tad rawer now, salty and balsamic but also more candied and fruity at the retro-olfaction (apricot liqueur)