Product description
In the 1980s, The Macallan was considered the model whisky to which a large group of consumers referred other single malts.
The Macallan 18-year-old debuted in 1984, when the brand was already experiencing popularity outside Scotland. It was a whisky distilled in 1965, and for the next 20 years, the 18-year-old version would be bottled with the year of distillation indicated. In 2004, other 18-year-olds debuted: Fine Oak, combining The Macallan aged in sherry and bourbon casks, and Sherry Oak without a vintage statement. The Macallan presented here is a 1988 edition bottled for Italian importer Giovinetti & Figli. The whisky distilled in 1970 was aged exclusively in sherry casks from Spanish oak.
Nose: dark chocolate, freshly ground coffee, toffee, rum-soaked raisins, black cherries, black pepper, tobacco, damp earth, pine resin and sherry-soaked oak.
Palate : dried plums and cherries, bitter orange jam, cocoa powder, honey, caramel, pepper, a pinch of cinnamon, leather, sherry-soaked oak and a hint of peat.
Finish : long, with notes of dark chocolate, dark dried fruits, tobacco, leather and a fading trace of peat smoke.