Macallan 1985 18 Years Sherry Oak Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky 43.0% Vol. - rare bottling of a great old style Macallan Highland Single Malt
This rare Vintage 1985 Macallan 18 Years old Sherry Oak Highland single malt scotch whisky is part of the series, which helped Macallan to their almost legendary reputation: the pure Sherry-cask bottlings. It was not until the middle of the 1960s that Macallan concentrated on single-malts matured in the sherry barrel and, with the exceptional barrel policy, gained great recognition among whisky connoisseurs worldwide. At that time they experimented with different sherry casks and decided to use European Oloroso casks, which previously stored the world-famous Spanish liqueur wine. Despite the crisis in the 1980s among the sherry producers, the Speyside distillery Macallan succeeded in securing the supply of selected sherry barrels and filling the coveted Sherry-Cask whiskys further.
Today, the 18-year-old Sherry-Oak Macallan is one of the best-known and sought-after whiskys, enjoying an almost legendary reputation because of its excellent quality and filling without any dyes and can be described as an icon among the Scotch whiskys. In the year 1986 Macallan changed the design and packaging of the 18 Years Sherry Oak range. These bottles and packaging have a modern shape and from the year 1992 onwards, the bottlings to the existing bottle code for the protection against counterfeiting were added with a safety hologram at the capsule and each one have an individual number.
The early to mid 80s bottlings of the 18yo Macallans tend to show a much gamier, meatier profile with notes of Spices, cloves, oranges, dried fruit with some smoke and lots of classic sherry intensity. Super soft and typically luxurious in style. A rare unique bottling of a great old style Macallan in very good condition - hard to find at this days!
- Nose: Dried fruits, a hint of ginger, vanilla and cinnamon with a hint of citrus
- Palate: Spices, cloves, oranges. Dried fruit with some smoke
- Finish: full and lingering, with dried fruit, sweet toffee, ginger and a hint of wood smoke
- Typ: Single Malt Whisky - Distillery Bottling
- District: Speyside
- Vintage: 1985 and earlier
- Year Bottled 2003
- Age 18 years old
- Cask Wood Type Sherry Oak
- Alcohol ABV% 43.0
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml
- not coloured / not chill filtered
- Packaging original boxed - card tube
- Importeur: Macallan Distillery, Charlestown of Aberlour, AB38 9RX, Aberlour, Schottland
- Country of Origin Scotland
- limited, numbers unknown - rare old bottling, collectors item!
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