The Macallan Anecdotes of Ages Collection.
But it's a sherry-driven Macallan, all right. The Macallan Anecdotes of Ages Collection: An Estate, Community And A Distillery. How does this differ from the 'standard' Macallan taste? The use of American oak sherry butts (in part) and the younger spirit give a slightly more forceful, perhaps more rustic spirit with a little less integration and elegance than one usually expects. Rich and vibrant entry but with a nice lissome texture, showing spicy cask-derived notes, some light bourbon-like impressions, and with a pleasant understated medicinal touch-of-peat with citrus-peel finish. Light green-orange but lighter in color than the Cask Strength bottling in my liquor cabinet.ĭominated by vanilla, Earl Grey tea, and orange in the nose with the firm rich foundation of sherry casks and a touch of wet stone. Bottled at 42.8 pabv, the historic '75 proof percent' English bottling strength.
Macallan whiskey makers edition age series#
The Macallan 1824 Series Whisky Maker's Edition, $89/1000 ml, purchased on board MS Oosterdam (Holland-America) in their duty-free shop. But, as you'll see below, this one has not lost its Macallan identity. The Whisky Maker's Edition is designed to be a more generalized, less Macallan-specific single malt, as an introduction to the style, using a more varied oak regimen. These wines are blends that contain considerable amounts of the older spirits but some younger spirits too.
A relatively new concept in fine whiskies, the no-age-statement single malts are being forced on the industry because the emphasis on age in the last couple decades has depleted stocks of older spirits. The 1824 Series was created to provide no-age-stated mid-to-high-end single malts in liters for the duty-free retailer. A second stowaway from the just-concluded 28-day Aussie/En Zedd eclipse cruise.
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