Macallan (John McDougall) - Golden Cask 1987 - 19 y.o. - 54,7%2
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- Bottler:
- JohnMcDougall
- Age:
- 19 years
- Alcohol:
- 54,7%
- Collection:
- Golden Cask
- Bottle details:
- distillation: 1987
- non chill filtered cask strength
- cask nr:6841
- average
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- (81,38)
- price class:
2 notes disponibles en français
A nice nose marked by sherry, on the Macallan way. Some chocolate notes and a touch of smoke. No aggressiveness at all.
In the palate,all the warmth of nice sherry with a slight woody touch. What a pity that the whole is dominated by the alcohol, as this hides all the underlying complexity. Adding some drops of water help a lot.
The finish is lingering and pleasant, marked by a memory of sherry and fine wood. The alcohol feeling remains alas very strong.
2007A second tasting just a few days later confirmed the nose impressions. Very smooth and pleasantly marked by sherry. A kind of light veil, a touch of moisture smell probably due to the non chill filtering method seems to even enhance the pleasure.
The palate remains very pleasant too and the dominating character of the alcohol seem to be gone after 2 days since the bottle was first opened. Nice notes, with a light chocolate taste and still the nice sherry feeling.
The finish too seems to be much more "tamed" than the first time.
A good Macallan.
2007
