The Macallan - The Malt: The Macallan Family; “The Definitive Guide To Buying Vintage Macallan”
10 YEARS OLD |
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COLOUR |
Mahogany |
NOSE |
Slightly toffee sweet with hints of cloves and sherry |
PALATE |
Deliciously smooth and well-rounded dried fruit flavour with a touch of sherry sweetness and wood |
FINISH |
Medium Long |
12 YEARS OLD |
|
COLOUR |
Mahogany |
NOSE |
Full, slightly sweet; toffee, ginger and dried fruits accompanied by sherry and cloves. |
PALATE |
Rich in both dried fruit and sherry, with a subtle toffee sweetness and pleasant touch of spice flavour with a touch of sherry sweetness and wood. |
FINISH |
Medium Long |
12 YEARS OLD |
|
COLOUR |
Rich burnished mahogany |
NOSE |
Rich dried and citrus fruits, resin, spice, with subtle toffee, balanced wood and hints of cinnamon. |
PALATE |
Dried fruit, spice, orange, rich in wood and a touch of smoke. |
FINISH |
Wood, spice, orange |
GRAN RESERVA |
|
COLOUR |
Deepest fiery red mahogany |
NOSE |
Slightly orange citrus, waxy/ oily with robust clove spice and wood. |
PALATE |
Full, resinous and spicy, suffused with delicious orange and dried fruit flavours. |
FINISH |
Rich wood with hints of cloves |
25 YEARS OLD |
|
COLOUR |
Deepest mahogany with fiery copper highlights. |
NOSE |
Heady sherry sweetness set against a background of citrus fruits and wood smoke. |
PALATE |
Rich and full, reflecting the additional years of sherry oak ageing. Full bodied with elegant dried fruits, a lingering oak smoke aroma. |
FINISH |
Medium Long |
30 YEARS OLD |
|
COLOUR |
Deepest mahogany |
NOSE |
Sherried with aromatic cloves, hints of orange, nutmeg and subtle wood. |
PALATE |
Rich dried fruit and sherry with an orange note. Lingering spiciness and resinous wood |
FINISH |
Long, spicy, orange. |
Written by David Cos
The text is an excerpt from "The Definitive Guide to Buying Vintage Macallan" (pp. 103 - 104), First Edition, published 2003 by Macallan Distillery Ltd.