A spectacular single cask Macallan, distilled in 1976, and bottled by Adelphi in 2006 as 30 years old.

Cask # 2749.

This one did wonders at the Malt Maniacs Awards 2006. Colour: mahogany. Nose: wow, lots of sherry! Slightly acetic (huge balsamic vinegar, apple vinegar) at first nosing, very unusual. It’s not a flaw here. Gets then very nutty and toffeeish, with lots of strawberry ganache (mixture of chocolate and fruit pulp) and a little coffee. Superb notes of fresh fruits coming through, including pink grapefruit and even passion fruits. Gets then rather meaty (pork cooked with pineapples) and mushroomy. Fantastically lively and complex! A whole adventure… Mouth: concentrated, herbal, minty and jammy at the same time. Great dryness. Notes of sour apples, calvados, black pepper, old rum, old sweet wine… Rich but not thick, lots of elegance. Long finish on bitter chocolate and pepper, buttered caramel, getting maybe just a tad too drying/tannic… Anyway, top notch ‘ancient-style’ Macallan, resembling some much older – and much more expensive OB’s. 92 points.