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| Hello, that is one among our (nearly) each day tastings. Santé! |
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Mars 29, 2022
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Very long time no Mac. Let’s first attempt a couple of roughly current ones together with some No-Age-Said expressions (are the precise ages that shamefully low?) after which an previous one which’s actually previous.
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| Circa 1985. Charlie, have been you there? -> |
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Macallan 15 yo ‘Double Cask’ (43%, OB, +/-2021) 
This child is a self-blend of ex-sherry-seasoned American oak and ex-sherry-seasoned European oak, therefore the identify ‘double cask’, so apparently, it is not double maturation. I attempted this earlier than, informally, and so have now a superb feeling. Color: full gold. Nostril: nice nostril, with one thing of previous Macallan of, effectively, of previous. Some burnt wooden, toffee, pecan pie, brown toasts, a drop of molasses, then an increasing number of maltiness that might come along with a couple of floral notes (meadow flowers), thick ale and butterscotch. A minimally salty smokiness. Mouth: superb drop, no questions. There’s the normal Macallan complexity that fairly a couple of current bottlings had forgotten about, with some spicy marmalade, chestnut and heather honeys, pancake sauce, drop of miso soup, dried apricots, apricot jam, mirabelle jam, all that whereas the honeyness retains rising. Have they got beehives on the mothership? I imply, on the Distillery? End: fairly lengthy, honeyed and toffee-ed. The anticipated espresso/chocolate/marmalade trio within the aftertaste. Feedback: one of many malts that may take a low power similar to 43% vol. with out turning a hair. Presumably among the best inside the official vary, if I’ll, I discover it extra ‘Macallan’ than others.
SGP:551 – 89 factors. |
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Glorious, let’s transfer on…
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Macallan ‘Uncommon Cask 2021 Launch’ (43%, OB) 
There, a kind of nasty NASses. Is the age actually unmentionable right here? I keep in mind 2018’s model was fairly low cost (WF 78). I imply, low cost in your palate, it’s a very costly bottle (300€ for a NAS, 3 times the worth for the implausible 15 yo). Color: gold. Nostril: eh? Do not I discover steel polish, previous cash, previous copper (grandma’s kettle) and a whole lot of acacia blossom and honey? And drops of trappiste beer? And biscuits? Madeleines? Shoe polish? Glazed chestnut? Mouth: I discover the 15 superior, however they aren’t that far-off. This one’s extra rustic, just a little gritty and rubbery across the edges, maybe just a little too gingery too, however I might not cry foul, it is a nice, malty, honeyed, relatively old-school palate. Now could be it 300€ nice? End: medium, a tad ‘cooked’, malty and toffee-ed. The same old features within the aftertaste (keep in mind, espresso, chocolate and marmalade) plus just a little pencil shaving. Feedback: some sides make me consider some pretty armagnac. I imply, 50€ armagnac. In any case, approach higher than earlier batches in my e book.
SGP:551 – 85 factors. |
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Macallan ‘Enigma’ (44.9%, OB, Quest Assortment, 2017)
Totally ex-sherry-seasoned European oak. Viva Europe! With a reputation similar to ‘Enigma’, we might forgive the dearth of any age assertion. For as soon as. Color: deep gold. Nostril: extra on brownies, chocolate cake, darker molasses, darker honeys, darker fruitcakes, a drop of soy sauce, beef bouillon… And actually a whole lot of chocolate. I feel they need to inform us concerning the form of sherry too, concerning the bodegas… In any case, I do get pleasure from this very chocolaty nostril. Mouth: it is vitally completely different on the palate, relatively extra ‘stewed’, on muffins, Jaffa muffins, cinnamon chocolate, ginger cookies… It will by no means cease getting spicier, the European oak is having the lead right here. End: relatively lengthy, all on chocolate and oak spices, with a dominant cinnamon. Not fairly my favorite half. Feedback: maintain on, they really instructed us concerning the bodega right here, my unhealthy! It’s Tevasa, in Jerez. Typically, these bodegas don’t produce any drinkable sherry, they solely construct and season bespoke sherry casks for the whisky business. Briefly, they’re sorts of subcontractors to the whisky business. Properly, not precisely,
I do know… Anyway, very good drop, however nonetheless, the 15, anyplace, any time, any circumstances.
SGP:561 – 85 factors. |
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Macallan ‘Idea no.3 David Carson’ (40.8%, OB, 2020)
I discover it implausible that they might not write it ‘CON’ and later ‘CEPT’ anymore. Life is about studying. Cask invoice right here contains sherry butts, bourbon barrels and simply ‘American oak’. I might suppose that is virgin white oak. Now I do not know what the power of 40.8% means. Very previous whiskies or simply low cost ultra-reduction ? There’s additionally one thing ‘digital’ about this bottle, however we now know that every one what us people want is ‘much less digital’ relatively than extra. The pendulum is swinging again and that is all getting very tough for manufacturers. Color: gold. Nostril: large, immense, big chocolate. We’re merely having scorching chocolate someplace in Mittelleuropa. Say Vienna? Additionally, maintain on, apple juice. Mouth: all proper, this is superb and the awful low power does not even really feel. Typical Macallan ‘physique’. Mead, raisins, honeys, flowery teas, spicy cake (Stolle), previous desert wine, mullein syrup, quince jelly… I actually get pleasure from this and at 40.8%, you possibly can drink a whole lot of it. My, with such statements, they will shut down this site ultimately. Convey ’em on. End: medium, extraordinarily chocolaty. Pralines, ganache, or something by my favorite Parisian chocolatiers. No, no names, I would not wish to ruffle any feathers. Feedback: superb. No less than, the juice is not digital.
SGP:451 – 87 factors. |
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Good, to the supply of many elderly ones…
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Macallan 1968/2009 (43%, Gordon & MacPhail, Speymalt) 
With the well-known purple ribbon that was already to be discovered, albeit horizontally, on the older ‘official’ handwritten 1938, 1940… Because it says on the label, this was ‘Chosen, Produced, Matured and Bottled by Gordon & MacPhail’. Many aged official bottles of Macallan are literally ex-Gordon & MacPhail. Gordon & MacPhail have been and nonetheless are ‘seminal’ to many a Scottish whisky model or distillery. Good, G&M, that is going to be one pint (of beer, not of Brora) subsequent time we meet. Color: full gold. Nostril: oh sure oh sure oh sure oh sure. Pencil eraser, pollen, many honeys, beeswax, stearin, broom and gorse, previous hardwoods (we used to say dashboards of previous Jaguars), tangerine and citron liqueurs, lime blossom, zucchini flowers, acacia, and a whole lot of various nectars. Most likely one of the floral whiskies you possibly can ever nostril. Mouth: after all there’s a little fragility, and certainly ‘their’ Glen Grants, Glenlivets or Longmorns are superior, however that is all subtleness, floralness, honeyness and… muffins and teas. Earl gray and amaretti. Briefly, whisky in your 5 O’clock tea in an previous Scottish lodge similar to The Balmoral in Edinburgh. Touristy, carpet in all places, extremely out of trend and even relatively dusty in all senses of that phrase, however in case you by no means did this, do it not less than as soon as. Higher e book. End: Feedback: completely pretty previous Macallan, just a little fragile right here and there, however lovable. Drink whereas listening to Peter Skellern or Brian Ferry’s jazzy tunes, and please keep away from Led Zeppelin or Kamasi Washington!
SGP:551 – 91 factors. |
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(Because of the Burlet gang)
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