Macallan 1996 SMWS 24.134 A dark allurement
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) |
| Bottling Series | A dark allurement |
| Vintage | 1996 |
| Bottled Year | 2018 |
| Age | 22년 |
| Cask Type | 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Hogshead |
| Cask Number | 24.134 |
| Bottles Released | 225 |
| ABV | 56.7% |
| Volume | 25 ml 700 ml 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
노즈는 허브와 소금기, 송진을 머금은 구식 셰리로 열리고 그 위로 건조한 스모크가 얹힌다. 쓴 마멀레이드와 오래된 허브 리큐어, 설탕에 절인 생강이 순차적으로 드러난다. 팰럿은 흙과 뿌리를 연상시키는 스모크가 중심을 잡고 오렌지 코디얼과 유칼립투스 오일이 이어진다. 퍼스트필 올로로소 호그스헤드가 22년 동안 남긴 결과다. 피니시는 길고 소금기와 타르가 끝까지 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
orangey amber
air Nose
extraordinarily herbal and with a super old school salty, resinous and earthy sherry profile that also incorporates a stunningly drying, equally old school peat. Beautiful aromas of bitter marmalade, long aged yellow Chartreuse, aged Drambuie, crystallised ginger, heather honey and many more obscure liqueurs like the tar and fir varieties. Really this is a pre-WWII style of malt whisky that didn't even exist by the 1950s I would say. What a nose!
restaurant Palate
it has obviously lost a little power, but it retains this stunningly earthy, rooty and drying peat smoke that recalls many glorious Highland Parks of similar production era. Tar liqueurs, orange cordial, herbal syrups and cocktail bitters, eucalyptus oil and wormwood. This is truly 'Liqueur Scotch Whisky' - and strictly very little to do with modern malt whisky
timer Finish
surprisingly long given the up-front softness on the palate, I would even say it gathers power right into the aftertaste, returning to these variations on saltiness, pristine old school sherry, tar and herbal liqueurs, crystallised flower honeys and even impressions of very old Sauternes