the definitive guide to buying vintage macallan
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THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO BUYING VINTAGE MACALLAN
THE FINE & RARE COLLECTIONThe Macallan distillery, one of the first licensed distilleries in Scotland, has remained fundamentally unchanged for nearly 200 years, still located along the magnificent River Spey where it was founded. The Macallan has established its renown as the “peerless spirit” due to a strong tradition of unwavering devotion to quality. It is sought after in the finest hotels, bars and restaurants around the world and savored by discerning whisky lovers who recognize it as the world’s most precious whisky.
The Macallan Fine & Rare Collection represents the very best of The Macallan’s oldest maturing stock and the greatest range of vintage single malt whisky ever released. Every year, the range is augmented by the introduction of a new vintage release. The full collection of vintages embodies a liquid history of The Macallan, offering insights into the aroma and flavors characteristic of this great single malt, stretching back to the earliest release distilled in 1926. Over the years, the Fine & Rare range has underpinned The Macallan as the world’s most valuable and collectable single malt whisky, dominating auctions around the world and setting world record prices, both at auction and private sale. Only a small number of bottles are released each year.
OVERVIEW CASK TYPE | This describes the type and size in which the whisky slept during its maturation. A sherry butt can hold 500 bulk liters of spirit while a sherry hogshead, half its size, can hold 250. This whisky is traditionally filled to cask at 63.4% alcohol by volume (abv).
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CASK NO. | The numbered cask from which the whisky was drawn.
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NOSE | This describes the prominent aromas that can be identified when one smells the whisky. Some 70% of flavor is down to its smell/nose.
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PALATE | This describes the flavors that are recognized in the mouth when drinking whisky.
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FINISH | This describes the way the whisky feels in the mouth and how long the sensation lingers.
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STRENGTH | The strength of whisky is measures by the % of alcohol relative to water or alcohol by volume (abv).
Page Reference GuideA quick page reference Guide to Vintage Macallan
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FLAVOR PROFILE | The Spider Diagram graphically illustrates the flavors, and their respective intensity, that are prevalent within the whisky, on a scale of 0 (flavor is not present) to 5 (dominant within the whisky). This is our sensory fingerprint. .....
COLOR | The visual color of the whisky is described in terms of various wood species.
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TINT | The tint value is derived from shining beam of light through the whisky to measure color scientifically.
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YEAR BOTTLED | The date the whisky was originally bottled from cask.
..... AGE OF WHISKY | The age of the whisky when bottled from cask. .....
TOTAL OUTTURN| This is the total amount of whisky available, expressed in 750ml bottle equivalents (Bottle Eq.).
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1937 l During 1937 there were a few major technological breakthroughs. Charlie Chaplin’s first “talkie”
movie, Modern Times, was released. Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly across the Atlantic and the
first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California, was presumed killed when her aircraft disappeared
mysteriously over the Pacific.
ORIGINAcquired in bottle from a private collection.
NOSEFresh apple fruits, floral and lemon citrus enriched with light ginger spices. Good wood maturity balanced with peat smoke and dried fruits.
PALATE Apple, lemon citrus with hints of drying wood, warming and peaty.
FINISH Balanced fruits, wood with lingering and drying peat smoke.
STRENGTH 43%vol
COLOROak
TINT 23
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 1969
AGE OF WHISKY32 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
162 Bottle Equivalents
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1937 l George Gershwin died at age 38. Gershwin was most famous for composing numerous songs
and Broadway shows, but he also enjoyed parallel careers as pianist and composer in the orchestral and
theatrical genres. Hollywood released his musical Shall We Dance, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers,
and featuring the song “Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off.”
ORIGINAcquired in bottle from a private collection.
PALATE Light citrus fruit andspices balanced with peatreck (smoke), good driedfruits and aged wood.
FINISH Fruits and wood with lingering peat smoke ‒rich, round, smooth andlong. A little dryness isevident in this bottling.
STRENGTH 43%vol
COLOROak
TINT 22
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 1974
AGE OF WHISKY37 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
268 Bottle Equivalents
NOSEApple fruits with floral notesbalanced with citrus orangeand clear esters (pear drops).Hints of nuttiness addcomplexity.
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1938 l Inventor Roy J. Plunkett became unstuck by his discovery of a substance now known as Teflon™,
and the first real Xerox™ image was made in the borough of Queens, New York. Everyone’s favorite
superhero, Superman™, made his first appearance in DC Comics, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
was released as Walt Disney’s first full-length animated film.
ORIGINAcquired in bottle from a private collection.
NOSESoft and inviting with balanced apples and citrus orange, wood, peat and spices ‒ cinnamon.
PALATE A rich mix of wood andpeat, some dried fruitsand clear orange.
FINISH Fruits and wood with a soft, smooth and lingeringpeat smoke finish.
STRENGTH 43%vol
COLOROak
TINT 21
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 1969
AGE OF WHISKY31 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
184 Bottle Equivalents
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1938 l In the radio broadcast of the War of the Worlds, Orson Welles created panic in America with a fear
that Martians were actually invading Earth. Despite disclaimers that clearly identified it as a dramatization
(including several announcements), The War of the Worlds broadcast, which resembled a series of news
bulletins, was mistaken for actual news flashes.
ORIGINAcquired in bottle from a private collection.
NOSESoft and inviting with balanced apples and citrus orange, wood, peat and spices – this timeginger and nutty.
PALATE Nutty, woody and peatsmoke – a classic oldSpeysider.
FINISH Peaty smoke with apples and citrus orange withgreat balance and finesse.
STRENGTH 43%vol
COLOROak
TINT 20
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 1973
AGE OF WHISKY35 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
44 Bottle Equivalents
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1940 l A frenetic Mickey Mouse appeared in Walt Disney’s epic, Fantansia. The Disney character
subsequently appeared in World War II training films for American troops around the world – making him
a global phenomenon. Meanwhile, four French teenagers followed their inquisitive dogs down a hole only
to discover the 17,000-year-old Lascaux Cave Paintings.
ORIGINAcquired in bottle from a private collection.
PALATE Peaty with some driedfruits and nuts with a late and sweeteningtoffee character.
FINISH Wood maturity is enhancedwith peat smoke to lingerfor a long and dry finsish.
STRENGTH 43%vol
COLOROak
TINT 22
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 1975
AGE OF WHISKY35 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
392 Bottle Equivalents
NOSEHeavy burnt peat dominatesthe nose with dried fruitsand vanilla toffee notesbreaking through on secondnosing. Some hints of lighterand citrus fruits with a latefloral nose.
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1940 l Literary giant Ernest Hemingway wrote For Whom the Bell Tolls, which drew upon Hemingway’s
experience as a correspondent covering the Spanish Civil War. Karl K. Pabst of the Bantum Car Company,
Butler, Pennsylvania, produced a four-wheel drive vehicle which became famous as the Jeep. It was given its
name by its military designation, G.P. (General Purpose).
ORIGINAcquired in bottle from a private collection.
NOSEFruity esters, perfumed andforward. Light oilinessapparent with tangy citrusof lemons and limes.
PALATE Complex mix of tangycitrus fruits, spiced woodand robust peat smoke.
FINISH Citrus, peat, spicesand wood – very long finish.
Natural Cask Strength
STRENGTH 43%vol
COLOROak
TINT 21
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 1977
AGE OF WHISKY37 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
123 Bottle Equivalents
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1946 l George Orwell’s political commentary, Animal Farm, hit the shelves. The first bikini was shown in
Paris. Forty-three-year-old psychiatrist Dr. Benjamin Spock published The Common Sense Book of Baby and
Child Care. As US veterans returned home many of them had the chance to put Spock’s theories to the test
as the American birth rate increased by about 20 percent.
CASK TYPEMarried Hogsheads
PALATE Good lemon withmature wood andstrong peat smoke.
NOSE Rich lemon citrus nosewith strong peat smoke.Hints of ginger spicesand apple fruits.
FINISH Lingering peatsand woodsmoke.
STRENGTH 44.3%vol
COLORRich Beech
TINT 18
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 2002
AGE OF WHISKY56 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
326 Bottle Equivalents
CASK N°46 / 3M
Natural Cask Strength
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1949 l The first non-stop flight around the world was completed by Captain James Gallagher of the US Air
Force, and his crew of 14, in an aircraft called Lucky Lady II. Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman won
the Pulitzer Prize and Mao Zedong became the first Chairman of the People’s Republic of China with the
ending of the Chinese Civil War.
COLORRich Oak
TINT 26
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 2002
AGE OF WHISKY53 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
149 Bottle Equivalents
CASK TYPEHogsheads
PALATE Pineapple andother fruits withlight cinnamonspices and peat.
NOSE Tropical fruit (pineapple)with some dried fruit raisins.Light wood and peat.
FINISH Tropical fruit sweetnessbalanced with dryingpeat smoke.
STRENGTH 49.8%vol
CASK N°136
Natural Cask Strength
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1949 l A 31-year-old evangelical preacher from North Carolina named Billy Graham gained national
attention in the US with a number of noteworthy celebrity conversions during his Los Angeles Crusade.
Almost four years after the end of World War II, clothes rationing in Great Britain ended, while Germany
was divided into two nations, East Germany and West Germany.
CASK TYPEHogsheads
PALATE Fruity, peaty with lightvanilla toffee. Hints ofwood and spice.
NOSE Tropical and citrusfruits and peaty,Islay-like notes.
FINISH Complex fruits andpeaty dryness. Lightmalted cereal.
STRENGTH 41.1%vol
COLORRich Rosewood
TINT 45
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 2002
AGE OF WHISKY52 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
212 Bottle Equivalents
CASK N°935
Natural Cask Strength
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1950 l Charles Schulz’s comic strip, “Peanuts,” featuring the puzzled Charlie Brown, his bossy friend Lucy,
and Snoopy, a romantic, self-deluded beagle, was first published. One of the largest robberies in the US
occurred at Brink Express Co. in Boston, when eight men stole over $3.7 million in 17 minutes. J. Edgar
Hoover and the FBI spent $129 million over several years to catch the perpetrators.
COLOROak
TINT 22
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 2002
AGE OF WHISKY52 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
404 Bottle Equivalents
CASK TYPEButt
PALATE Lemony and peaty, hintsof spice and wood.
NOSE Rich citrus lemons with peat smoke. Forward floral character almostperfume to the fore.
FINISH Lemons and smoky peatnotes with light wood.
STRENGTH 46.7%vol
CASK N°598
Natural Cask Strength
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1950 l The Stone of Destiny, The Coronation Stone of Scottish Kings and Queens, was taken by Scottish
Nationalists from the British coronation throne in Westminster Abbey. The 485-pound stone was recovered
in April 1951. It had first been removed from Scotland by Edward I 700 years previously, and was finally
returned to Scotland in 1996, where it now rests in Edinburgh Castle.
CASK TYPEButt
PALATE Balanced fruits with peatsmoke and light wood.Light vanilla from thissecond fill cask.
FINISH Rich fruit and smoky peat with mixed all spice
STRENGTH 51.7%vol
COLOROak
TINT 21
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 2002
AGE OF WHISKY52 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
435 Bottle Equivalents
CASK N°600
Natural Cask Strength
NOSE Apple fruits with floral notesand peat. Light backgroundof dried fruits.
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1951 l The US Census Bureau got serious with the introduction of the first commercial computer,
UNIVAC 1. J.D. Salinger published the famous novel The Catcher in the Rye ; it quickly became a classic.
Marlon Brando put on a T-shirt and starred in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire.
The American automobile manufacturer, the Chrysler Corporation, introduced power steering.
COLORRich Oak
TINT 27
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 2002
AGE OF WHISKY51 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
324 Bottle Equivalents
CASK TYPEButt
PALATE Apples and lemonswith a hint of peat.
NOSE Robust green apples,lemon zest and lightpeaty phenols. Hintsof cinnamon spices.
FINISH Vibrant apple fruitsand lemon give wayto drying peat smoke.
STRENGTH 52.3%vol
CASK N°644
Natural Cask Strength
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1952 l Londoners said goodbye to an era with the last tram ride. The average weekly wage in the UK
was £7.58. A vaccine for polio was developed by Dr. Jonas Salk. The US began construction of the
first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, while Britain developed its own atomic bomb. The missionary
surgeon, Albert Schweitzer, won the Nobel Peace Prize this year.
CASK TYPEButt
PALATE More dried fruits (raisins) than on the nose. Peat smoke is still evident.
FINISH Mixed dried fruits and lemons with light drying peat smoke.
STRENGTH 50.8%vol
COLOROak
TINT 22
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 2002
AGE OF WHISKY50 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
434 Bottle Equivalents
CASK N°627
Natural Cask Strength
NOSE Honey, lemon citrus, light peat and wood. Robust floral notes.
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1954 l The Miss America Pageant made its network debut on ABC TV; Miss California, Lee Ann
Meriwether of San Francisco, was crowned the winner. In a different competition altogether, medical
student Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile during a track meet in Oxford, England, finishing in
3 minutes, 59.4 seconds. Sun Myung Moon founded the Unification Church, whose congregation was
known as the Moonies.
COLORRich Laburnum
TINT 77
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 2002
AGE OF WHISKY47 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
341 Bottle Equivalents
CASK TYPEButt
PALATE Classic first fill sherry cask with dried fruit, clove-like spices and treacle toffee.
NOSE Dark, dried fruits (prunes)with robust resins withcloves, ginger and wood.
FINISH Treacle toffee, clovesand prunes. A classicexpression of a wellaged first fill, Spanishoak sherry cask.
STRENGTH 50.2%vol
CASK N°1902
Natural Cask Strength
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1965 l The Age of the Hippie officially arrived in 1965 with “Lava Lamp Day.” Sir Winston Churchill died.
In innovation, the world’s first roofed stadium, the Houston Astrodome, was built, and Japan’s Bullet Train
began operation. AstroTurf, soft contact lenses and compact discs were invented. In fashion, the miniskirt,
designed by Mary Quant, appeared in London and soon became all the rage.
COLORRich Rosewood
TINT 47
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 2002
AGE OF WHISKY36 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
417 Bottle Equivalents
CASK TYPEButt
PALATE Citrus burst and fruitywith light spices and a pleasing nutty dryness.
NOSE Good fruits, lemons andorange citrus with mediumdried fruits. An even balanceof wood maturity and spicewith light vanilla toffee.
FINISH Drying woody notesbalance forward fruitswith a late finish oftoasted nuts.
STRENGTH 56.2%vol
CASK N°4402
Natural Cask Strength
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1966 l After exploratory research, North Sea gas was first pumped ashore by BP in 1966. Exploring
another territory altogether, Star Trek made its premiere on NBC TV in the US, quickly becoming a cult
classic. The song “Yellow Submarine,” by The Beatles, became their eleventh, and final, consecutive
number- one hit. England won the World Cup.
CASK TYPEButt
PALATE Massively spicy and prune-like, balanced with light estery fruits and toffee.
FINISH Drying clove spiceswith wood resins anddried fruits.
STRENGTH 55.5%vol
COLORRich Elm Burr
TINT 66
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 2002
AGE OF WHISKY35 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
126 Bottle Equivalents
CASK N°7878
Natural Cask Strength
NOSE Robust cloves and gingerresins with wood and prunes.Hints of lighter estery notes(apples/citrus/floral) arecomplexed with a treacletoffee nose. Similar tosherry fruit cake.
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1967 l The first Super Bowl was played in the US as the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League
defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League, 35 - 10, in Los Angeles. The first
handheld calculator was invented by Texas Instruments, at a cost of $2,500 apiece. Rolling Stone
Magazine published its debut issue with a press run of 40,000 copies.
CASK TYPEButt
PALATE Orange zest nowevident with somespice and wood.
FINISH Long, fruity and floralfinish with a late burstof wood.
STRENGTH 56.3%vol
COLORRich Mahogany
TINT 59
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 2002
AGE OF WHISKY35 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
403 Bottle Equivalents
CASK N°1195
Natural Cask Strength
NOSE Massive fruits – an almostparma violet/floral characterto the fore.
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1968 l Japan became the world’s second strongest economic power after the US when its Gross National
Product (GNP) exceeded $140 billion. Meanwhile, the first cash dispensing machine was installed by First
Philadelphia Bank, with Chemical Bank in New York following one year later. At age 29, Ralph Lauren
founded his eponymous fashion empire.
COLORBeech
TINT 12
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 2002
AGE OF WHISKY33 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
126 Bottle Equivalents
CASK TYPEHogshead
PALATE Cooked spiced appleswith citrus and hintsof toffee sweetness.
NOSE Spiced apple (cinnamon)with vanilla toffee andapple/floral high notes.
FINISH Cinnamon apples.
STRENGTH 46.6%vol
CASK N°5913
Natural Cask Strength
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1969 l On July 20, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin of Apollo 11 became the first humans to walk
on the moon. Armstrong uttered the famous words, “One small step for man, one giant leap for
mankind.” In other advances, the artificial heart was invented and ARPANET, the forerunner of the
modern-day Internet, was created.
COLORRich Rosewood
TINT 49
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 2002
AGE OF WHISKY32 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
511 Bottle Equivalents
CASK TYPEButt
PALATE Big, rounded andvery woody.
NOSE Forward wood, nuts andspices with a late driedfruit aroma.
FINISH Huge wood with abalance of fruits andclove-like spices.
STRENGTH 52.7%vol
CASK N°9369
Natural Cask Strength
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1970 l Concorde flew for the first time and instigated the very first supersonic service between London and
New York. Pan American World Airways offered reservations for a flight to the moon – with 93,000 people
signing up. Jimi Hendrix, the inspirational rock guitarist, died. Alan Shugart invented the first regular use
of an eight-inch floppy (magnetic storage) diskette.
COLORElm Burr
TINT 60
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 2002
AGE OF WHISKY32 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
507 Bottle Equivalents
CASK TYPEButt
PALATE Drying wood resins –cloves with a balanceddried fruit character.
NOSE Powerful prunes andraisiny nose with veryassertive clove spices.Treacle toffee background.
FINISH Dry resinous wood –first fill sherry cask –Pedro Ximenez-like.
STRENGTH 54.9%vol
CASK N°241
Natural Cask Strength
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1971 l This year was a real boom year for technology. The introduction of the microchip meant that
such equipment as VCRs and microwaves became affordable for personal use for the fi rst time. The 26th
Amendment lowered the United States’ voting age from 21 to 18. Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
COLORMahogany
TINT52
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 2002
AGE OF WHISKY30 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
500 Bottle Equivalents
CASK TYPEButt
PALATEPrunes and raisinsbalanced with clovespice and wood.
NOSEClear prunes and othermixed dried fruits withcomplex wood spices –cloves, ginger and nutmeg.
FINISHDried fruits and dryingspice delivering a longfi nish.
STRENGTH
56.4%vol
CASK N°4280
Natural Cask Strength
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1974 l Nobel Prize writer Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn was expelled from the Soviet Union. After 84 days in
space, the last crew of the American space station, Skylavb, returned to Earth. Richard Nixon resigned,
Lord Lucan disappeared and Stephen Hawking proposed a new Black Hole theory. Muhammed Ali knocked
George Foreman in “The Rumble in the Jungle.”
COLORRosewood
TINT44
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 2004
AGE OF WHISKY30 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
491 Bottle Equivalents
CASK TYPEPuncheon
PALATEAbundant wood spices,black currant, softercitrus fruits and atouch of peat.
NOSERich chocolate orange,raisins, custard, sandalwood, cinnamon/cloves with a hint ofwood smoke.
FINISHLingering withfruits and spices.
STRENGTH
56.5%vol
CASK N°929038
Natural Cask Strength
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1976 l Chinese leader Mao Zedong died. The fi rst commercial Conorde fl ights take off from London and
Paris. James Callaghan was elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Jimmy Carter became Pres-
ident of the United States. Montreal hosted the summer Olympic Games, the space shuttle Enterprise was
rolled out and the English crime writer, Agatha Christie, died.
COLORRich Cherry
TINT36
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 2006
AGE OF WHISKY29 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
578 Bottle Equivalents
CASK TYPEButt
PALATEWood spices and smoke areprominent, touched withpeaches and dates.
NOSEToff ee apple, dates andvanilla pod overlaycinnamon, ginger andnutmeg spices, with abackground of woodsmokeand polished oak.
FINISHFruit, spice, oak,slightly dry.
STRENGTH
45.5%vol
CASK N°11354
Natural Cask Strength
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COLORBarley Yellow
TINT8.0 EBC
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 2011
AGE OF WHISKY23 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
280 Bottle Equivalents
CASK TYPEAmerican Oak Sherry Hogshead
PALATEInitially woody, citrus fruits, sweet, oak and malty.
NOSECitrus fruits ( lemon and orange), vanilla fl irting with the clean oak, banana and green apples in background.
FINISHMedium – fruity, oaky slightly drying.
STRENGTH
46.7%vol
CASK N°12202
Natural Cask Strength
1988 l Iran Air Flight 655 was shot down by a missile launched from the USS Vincennes. On August 18, the
Republican National Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana nominated George H. W. Bush for President and
Dan Quayle for Vice President of the United States. In the War on Drugs, US President Ronald Reagan signed
a bill providing the death penalty for murderous drug traffi ckers. The fi rst World AIDS Day was observed.
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COLORDark Elm Burr
TINT60 EBC
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 2010
AGE OF WHISKY
21 years old
TOTAL OUTTURN
443 Bottle Equivalents
CASK TYPESpanish Oak Sherry Butt
PALATEInitially resinous oak, leading to wild forest fruits with hints of crème caramel.
NOSERich dried fruits, orange grove, chocolate with hints of nutmeg, clove and cinnamon. Lingering burnished oak.
FINISHSoft oak wood spices and dried fruits (date and fi g ).
STRENGTH
55.2%vol
CASK N°3247
Natural Cask Strength
1989 l George H. W. Bush succeeded Ronald Reagan as the 41st President of the United States. Time, Inc.
and Warner Communications announced plans for a merger, forming Time Warner. Disney-MGM Studios
at Walt Disney World opened to the public for the fi rst time. The television show Seinfeld premiered.
Wayne Gretzky became the leading scorer in the history of the National Hockey League.
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TOTAL OUTTURN
532 Bottle Equivalents
COLORRed Mahogany
TINT60 EBC
YEAR BOTTLEDFirst bottled in 2012
AGE OF WHISKY22 years old
CASK TYPEAmerican Oak Sherry Butt
PALATESoft chocolate leads briefl y, exiting, a burst of rich cherry and raisin is mouth coating, uncovering layers of treacle. Spices show late, never dominating, yet linger to the fi nish, which is long and warming.
NOSEOrange groves at sunset. Chocolate, then dried fruits ( raisin, sultana and apricot ) accompanied by sweet, resinous fl avours driven by the oak.
FINISH Soft, warming and long
STRENGTH
58.2%vol
CASK N°24706
Natural Cask Strength
1990 l The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 2,800 for the fi rst time ever. James “Buster” Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson to win the World Heavyweight Boxing crown. The Space Shuttle Discovery placed the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit. The US and the Soviet Union agreed to end production of chemical weapons and to destroy most of their stockpiles of chemical weapons. The Motion Picture Association of American replaced its X rating with a new NC-17 rating. Washington National Cathedral was completed after 83 years of construction.
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