Macallan 39 Year Old ‘Speymalt’ 1970 Vintage Gordon & Macphail
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This Macallan was bottled under the Speymalt label. It is a distillate from 20th November 1970 (I had not even celebrated my first birthday!) and bottled on 1st September 2010, especially for La Maison du Whisky. It won a gold medal at the Malt Maniac Awards 2010, so it cannot be bad.
After the first whiff, a smile already spreads on my face. This is very fruity and fantastically soft. Just like we are used to from Macallan of that era. Plums, raisins, blackberries, maple syrup, strawberries, apricot jam and hazelnuts. Hints of coffee. Fresh mint. Party!
It begins fruity and sweet, but soon the oak joins in. It becomes syrupy and dry at the same time. Walnuts. Cloves. Ginger. Liquorice. Wonderful mouthfeel.
The finish is pretty long, in which the oak recedes slowly to put the fruit and spices in the spotlights anew.
What can I say? 1970 was a good year, eh? Was around 210 EUR, which seems utterly fair.
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