Macallan 1988 19 Years Sherry Cask No. 8423 Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky 54.2% Vol. of the Duncan Taylor Cask Strength Rare Auld Edition exclusive for Germany No. 6 - Liquid Gold 2010 Award - one of only 291 bottles of a terrific Macallan Highland Single Malt!
A very rare and special vintage 1988 19 years old Macallan Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky of the limited Cask Strength Rare Auld Collection by Duncan Taylor, which was distilled in September 1988 and after more than 19 years of maturation in a selected sherry cask with the cask no. 8423 bottled without addition of dyes and chill filtration in June 2008 at cask strength 54.2% abv in an edition of only 291 individually hand-numbered bottles exclusively for Germany.
The whiskies offered by Duncan Taylor in the Casc Strength Rare Auld Single Cask Edition come from the 4000 casks of selected premium distilleries which Abe Rosenberg has acquired with great expertise since the early 1960s, such as Aberlour, Ben Riach, Bowmore, Brora, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Caperdonich, Clynelish, Dallas Dhu, Dalmore, Glen Grant, Glen Moray, Glenburgie, Glenesk, Glenlivet, Glenlossie, Glenrothes, Highland Park, Inchgower, Knockando, Linlithgow, Laphroaig, Longmorn, Macallan, Macduff, Miltonduff, Old Pulteney, Springbank, Strathisla, Strathmill, Tamdhu and Tomatin and are all bottled as single cask whiskies in limited editions. All whiskies from the legendary Cask Strength Rare Auld Collection are of exceptional quality, have won several awards and especially the old bottlings from the 1960s of Macallan, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain are rare today and achieve considerable prices in the special auctions from Krüger, Bonhams and Christies.
This great vintage 1988 19 years Macallan Single Malt Scotch Whisky of the Duncan Taylor Cask Strength Rare Auld Collection is regarded by connoisseurs as a very rare and sought-after collector s whisky.
- Jim Murrays Whisky Bible 2010 with 96 Points and Liquid Gold Award
- Nose: First espresso, ripe oranges and a good portion of smell! Turkish honey, orange and rose water
- Palate: Large, thick and creamy, oriental, figs, Turkish pastry, baklava, liquorice and slightly salty
- Finish: long, malty, honey, slightly salty with some smoke
- Colour: reddish gold, dark amber
- Typ: Single Malt Whisky - Independent Bottling
- District: Speyside
- Vintage: September 1988
- Age: 19 years old
- Year bottled: June 2008
- Cask Wood Type: Sherry Cask
- Cask-No.: 8423
- Alcohol ABV% 54.2 - Cask Strength
- Bottling Series: Vintage 1988 Cask Strength Rare Auld Single Cask Edition - Germany No. 6
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml
- not coloured / not chill filtered
- Packaging original boxed (box with traces and scratched)
- Producer/Importer: Duncan Taylor King Street, Huntly, Aberdeenshire, AB548HP, Scotland
- Country of Origin Scotland
- limited, one of only 291 bottles - rare old bottling and special collector s whisky!
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