COUNTRY/REGION: Scotland/Speyside.
CATEGORY: Single Malt.
DISTILLERY: Macallan.
BOTTLER: Douglas Laing.
BOTTLING SERIE: XOP Black.
DISTILLED: May/1989
BOTTLED: October 2019
STATED AGE: 30 years old.
CASK TYPE: Refill Hogshead.
NUMBER OF BOTTLES: 230
STRENGTH: 46% Vol.
NOSE: Clean and unsullied before warming to barley (and barley sugar), some big hitting citrus, grapes and a big hint of Bourbon.
PALATE: Oh-so-dulcet with muscovado sugar to the fore and later marzipan, orange, cream and a drift of smoke.
FINISH: Medium-long with all these flavours being neatly replicated at different stages.