THE MACALLAN
FINE & RARE 1978
1978
The Year that Was
The world’s first ‘test tube baby’ is safely delivered in the UK shortly before midnight on 25th July. ‘Wuthering Heights’, the debut single by Kate Bush, goes to the top of the UK charts, making her the first woman to have a self-penned No.1. The film ‘Grease’ is released, and the first radio episode of ‘The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy’ by Douglas Adams is broadcast in the UK.
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Love of beauty is TASTE. The creation of beauty is ART.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Details
AGE OF WHISKY 39 Years Old
YEAR BOTTLED 2018
CASK TYPE Hogshead
CASK No. 13810
TOTAL OUTTURN 243 Bottle Equivalents
TINT 28.7
AVAILABILITY 750ml, 700ml, 50ml
The Experience
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Colour
Autumn Oak
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Nose
Initial rich ginger and antique oak, moving into dried apricot, vanilla toffee and deep orange oil with a dash of nutmeg, peat smoke intertwines and is ever present.
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Palate
Oak spice, bitter orange turning sweet, balanced with delicate peat smoke.
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Finish
Soft, silky and creamy, finishing on peated orange sweetness.
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Strength
59.2%vol, Natural Cask Strength
