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Distilled the same year as the first hand-held calculator hit the market, this malt expression is a piece of history. Part of The Macallan’s Fine & Rare Collection, this is one of the most popular 35-year-old single malts, also known as cask 1195; a fruit-bomb bottled in 2002 and a reminder that single malts didn’t always taste like they do today.
The Macallan 35 Year Old 1967 opens with a statement, a solid core of dried plums and figs surrounded by an intriguing withered violet layer making the first nose a true bliss. The expression unfolds to show citrus peel aromas, pine resin, and winter spices.
Cedarwood, shade-grown tobacco leaves, allspice, clove, and vanilla hit the palate fist allowing layered flavors of bitter orange peels, assorted dried fruits, and withered violets to shine through in the mid-palate. Tainted with an attractive pine resign background, all in a well-rounded, muscular palate of concentration and high alcoholic warmth.
Winter spices and withered violets, along with a welcoming cedar aftertaste, give The Macallan 35 Year Old 1967 a familiar granny purse finish redolent of the good old ways, a singular malt with Scottish charm.
Not for the inexperienced, this very pleasing, but robust malt hits the senses with lesser-common dried fruit aromas and flowers, making it very attractive and a unique piece for any malt collection. Aged singularly well, the 35-year malt delivers a richer, more rustic experience without drifting entirely from the house style.
Cask 7878, the 1966 The Macallan, also aged for 35 years and bottled as well in 2002, offers a similar profile of candied dried fruits and spices, without the evident floral aromatics in the 1967. Together they paint a picture for a style dominated by dark malts and richness, the very essence of the 60s.
