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
Tasting Notes
잔을 기울이면 커피에 가까운 진한 갈색이 유리 벽에 두껍게 걸린다. 코를 가져가면 오래된 올로로소의 검은 건포도와 시가, 젖은 흙과 버섯 향이 층층이 밀려든다. 한 모금 머금으면 무화과 리큐어와 코코아, 짙은 꿀이 혀를 감싸고 58.8도의 힘이 뒤늦게 올라온다. 물을 몇 방울 더해 삼키면 자두와 마멀레이드가 살아나며 단맛이 한결 열린다. 넘긴 뒤에는 커피 슈납스를 닮은 마른 쌉쌀함이 아주 오래 이어진다.
AITasting 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