Macallan 1979 SS Crystal Decanter
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | Silver Seal (SS) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1979 |
| Bottled Year | 2004 |
| Age | 25년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.0% |
| Volume | 1000 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
잔을 흔들고 코를 가져가면 피노 셰리를 떠올리게 하는 마른 향과 호두, 가죽, 담배 상자가 차례로 올라온다. 뒤이어 멘톨과 유칼립투스의 서늘함이 향의 축을 바꿔놓는다. 한 모금을 머금으면 약재 같은 기운과 타르, 목캔디가 나타나고 설탕에 절인 오렌지가 그 사이를 메운다. 46도지만 인상은 제법 크게 남는다. 삼키면 소나무 수지와 박하가 길게 따라오며 오래된 나무의 흔적이 뒤에 깃들어 있다. 1979년 빈티지의 복합적인 얼굴이다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
amber/bronze
air Nose
same style as the 1958, with again these fino-ish notes, walnuts, leather, tobacco, humidor… It’s rather less expressive than the 1958 but there’s also more menthol and eucalyptus, so maybe the casks were a little more active. Hard to say… Also touches of old ham, almonds, even ideas of yellow curry... So yeah, the complexity is pretty immense
restaurant Palate
oh yes, this one is incomparably more on menthol than the 1958 and it seems that there’s much more peat as well. It’s even quite medicinal and sort of Taliskerish. Some tar, cough lozenges, angelica, chartreuse, even a little aniseed, maybe wormwood, marzipan, crystallised oranges... This time we’re having a big whisky but it’s true that it was bottled at 45.5% vs. 43. Brilliant even if no whisky lover who would have never tried some old Macallan would tell you this can be, well, Macallan
timer Finish
long this time, with some pine sap, eucalyptus drops, After Eights, mint, fir honeydew… In fact, it’s quite resinous. A little old wood in the aftertaste