Macallan 1965 29 Year Old, Signatory Vintage 1994 Bottling, Cask 1053

Macallan 1965 29 Year Old. This outrageously deep Sherry matured 29 year old single malt was laid down at The Macallan distillery on the 25th February 1965 and bottled by Signatory Vintage in March 1994.

Drawn from single Sherry cask number 1053 at a natural strength 50.8% ABV, this fabulous Speysider is one of just 250 very rare bottles that comes in superb condition complete with original presentation case.

Nose: This has everything you’d want in a sherried whisky. A nice and dirty sherried whisky, I might add. There is the (dried) red fruit, raisins and cherry syrup. You’ll also find damp wood, wet leaves, forest soil and varnish. Then the coffee notes enter, accompanied by tobacco, peanut shells and soy. And let’s not forget the herbs and spices: mint, coriander and cloves. Finally, there’s a bit of sulphur (the good kind) and the tiniest hint of peat smoke. Drinking really isn’t necessary, nosing this whisky is extremely rewarding. But hey, who are we kidding Let’s taste!
Taste: So rich and full of flavor! Spicy at first with black pepper and cloves again. Then coffee powder, cigar tobacco, leather and lacquer, with again a hint of peat. A lot of dried fruit, berries, raspberry and other forest fruits. And let’s not forget the lovely dark chocolate and cocoa. Wonderfully balanced and extremely smooth.
Finish: Chocolate, raspberry, sweet candy, aniseed and subtle peat. In the end some lovely wood smoke. Lingers for a very, very long time.

Looking for the ideal gift for someone’s 29th birthday? Clearly the perfect present for the whisky enthusiast who is turning Twenty nine is a bottle of 29 year old whisky. Or maybe you just want to treat yourself!

The age statement on a whisky label tells you the age of the youngest whisky in the bottle. What does this mean? Put simply, a bottle of whisky may contain whiskies matured in a number of different casks for different periods of time. If the label says that the whisky is 29 Years Old (or Twenty nine Years Old) then, although it may contain older whiskies, you can be certain that none of components are any younger than 29 years.

Once a whisky is bottled it ceases its maturation, unlike wine which continues to age in the bottle, so Twenty nine year old whisky is frozen in time and will be considered 29 forever.