Macallan 1991 SMWS 24.171 Take me to chantilly
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1991 |
| Bottled Year | 2023 |
| Age | 32년 |
| Cask Type | 1st Fill Ex-Oloroso Sherry Hogshead Finish |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 46.2% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
호박빛이 잔 깊은 곳에 진하게 고여 있다. 향은 큰 소리 대신 무수히 작은 향들이 모인 방식으로 열려 그을음과 패션프루트, 파파야, 자두 잼, 파이프 담배가 차례로 스친다. 32년의 시간과 퍼스트필 올로로소 피니시가 만나 입에서는 무화과와 마멀레이드, 초콜릿과 탠저린이 공작 꼬리처럼 펼쳐진다. 46.2도라는 낮은 도수에도 밀도는 조금도 얇지 않다. 여운에는 잘 마른 건포도의 단맛이 곱게 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
amber
air Nose
instant thrill. Amazingly focussed and yet complex, with dried and fresh fruits mingled with coal smoke and various oils. Sounds simple, it’s not. What’s absolutely striking is something that’s relatively rare in whisky in my experience, and that’s to be found more often in great well-aged wines, which is a profile that’s essentially tertiary, that is to say a gathering of myriads of tiny flavours rather than a few massive ones. Pure poetry, in fact. Just a few examples, soot, passion fruits, papayas, graphite oil (its quite graphity, in fact), plum jam, pipe tobacco, rhubarb… And dozens and dozens of other aromas. What’s particularly impressive as well is the freshness, we’re absolutely not ‘all on raisins’. My, we could go on and on…
restaurant Palate
very huge whisky! Starts dry, rather on chocolate and raisins (I mean, the black, rather dry raisins), but it just does the peacock’s tail after that, with figs, various raisins, marmalade, jams, chutneys, chocolates, a touch of bouillon, cigars, tangerines, a tiny metallic side, a drop of limoncello, some almonds, herbs (rosemary, sage)… The list is simply endless. Now the background is also a little gritty and slightly coarse, so to speak, say with more cocoa powder. That’s cool, these great whiskies are never schmaltzy!
timer Finish
maybe not the longest Macallan ever, and maybe the finish is a notch narrower, but these… raisins are beautiful