Macallan 1977 SMWS 24.9

Category	SINGLE MALT
Distillery	Macallan
Bottler	The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS)
Bottling Series	-
Vintage	1977
Bottled Year	1988
Age	-
Cask Type	-
Cask Number	-
Bottles Released	-
ABV	58.8%
Volume	750 ml
Label	-
Country	Scotland
Region	Speyside

Flavor Profile

Dried Fruit

Vanilla

Oaky

Sweet

Chocolate

Fruity

Creamy

Honey

Spicy

Nutty

Floral

Citrus

Herbal

Maritime

Peaty

Smoky

Tasting Notes

Colour

coffee

air Nose

ah! Full-blown old oloroso, whiffs of pencil shavings (just wee whiffs), bags of black raisins, then a myriad of tinier ‘tertiary’ aromas, black cigars, pipe tobacco, mushrooms, fig liqueur, mushrooms and earth, earthy tea, old wine cellar, some menthol, cough syrup, ‘a forest after the rain’… And all that. Black cherries. I find this exceptional. With water: stunning! Porcinis, Cuban cigars, cocoa, mocha, raisins, dark honey, parsley (I love parsley in my sherried whiskies)… What a nose, what a nose

restaurant Palate

crikey, this is great! It’s one of these Macallans that tend to resemble the greatest old armagnacs, and in fact we’re extremely close. Tasting this blind would be a tad tricky, to be honest. The sherry’s so thick that there might be more grapes in this than in any wine brandy ;-). But it’s truly exceptional. What’s the age again? With water: absolutely gorgeous, the very essence of oloroso maturing, with prunes this time, more raisins, more marmalade… So reduction made it rather sweeter. In the background, a little sandalwood, and even a touch of incense. Reminds me of the best old heavily sherried Yamazakis at some point

timer Finish

very long, drier again – which is great – and rather more on coffee-schnapps. That would be the greatest schnapps in the greatest coffee, of course

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