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
청동빛이 섞인 호박색이 잔 안에 깊이 잠겨 있다. 1979년 원액이 25년을 보낸 뒤 46도로 병입된 이 위스키는 피노 셰리를 닮은 마른 향으로 시작한다. 호두와 가죽, 담배 상자가 층을 이루고 그 위로 박하와 유칼립투스가 서늘하게 스친다. 입안은 뜻밖에 약재 같은 인상이 강해 타르와 목캔디, 아니스가 차례로 지나가며 설탕에 절인 오렌지가 균형을 잡는다. 여운은 송진과 전나무 꿀의 향으로 길게 이어진다.
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