Macallan Single Highland Malt Scotch Tasting December 2008 At Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits

      Sometimes Ravinder Sharma who buys the liquor here at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits ( 3423 Connecticut Avenue N.W. Washington D.C. 2008 sales@clevelandparkwine.com  www.clevelandparkwine.com  Tel : 202-363-4265 ) set liquor tastings up and I either don't know about them or simply forget that they will happen. This was the case with this MACALLAN highland single malt scotch tasting.

     This was quite the tasting : elaborate presentation and set-up and lots of people stopped to try these wonderful single malts from MACALLAN Highland Malt which included some special older-aged bottlings like the 15 year old" Fine Oak " ( $82.99, triple cask matured in a unique, complex combination of exceptional oak casks : European - seasoned with sherry, American oak seasoned both with sherry and bourbon  ) and the 17 year-old " Fine Oak " ( $102.99, matured in a unique combination of bourbon and sherry oak casks ) that we do not get a chance to often try. We also tasted the 12 year-old ( $54.99, aged exclusively in sherry oaks casks from Jerez, Spain  ) and the " Cask Strength " ( $52.99, aged exclusively in sherry oak casks from Jerez, Spain ) which are all available here at Cleveland Park Wines & Spirits here in the nation's capitol. 

     We directed a number of people over to the table to taste but most people stopped on their own because the display it self was so inviting and our gentleman pourer was so well dressed, too. It all made for quite the visual display!

     I tried to sample these MACALLAN single malt scotches but the store was full of customers and I got distracted selling wine. It was a success anyway. I was able to take a number of good pictures ( the artsy ones I like so much showing the glass, the bottle, the person pouring or tasting and most important the color of the single malt itself as it reflects the lights around, etcetera ). I hope that you like them.

     For more technical information go to : Easter Elchies, Craigellachie, Scotland www.themacallan.com.

     It's Friday, December 26th, 2008 as I type and post this at almost eleven AM here at the store. I hope that you all enjoyed a great Christmas and or other holiday times. 

     This tasting happened here in the store on December 13th, 2008 from 5-8 PM. William Davis of Billington Imports was also here tasting some of his excellent Argentina and Chilean wines : ALAMOS Malbec( $10.99 ) and the CATENA 2005 Alta Malbec ( $59.99 ). He also tasted the COUSINO-MACUL original white Sauvignon Gris that is made in really small batches and which was just released within the last month here. It sold out immediately and we will have more in January 2009! Thanks William for tasting here, too as always. Anyway, we are happy to be doing these and giving our customers a chance to try some of these rarer, great single malts before they actually buy them so as to know exactly what they are buying. Our distributors have been a big help in making this a reality. In the case of MACALLAN highland single malt we can all thank Republic distributors ( Wayne Currier in this case, a really great guy and old friend of ours who has often been there for us when we need him ). Thanks Wayne and your team for setting this up.

     Happy New Year to One and to All of Us! It's been a really rough, trying 2008 : let's all work together to make 2009 more rewarding and fruitful for all of us. Cheers,   TONY