Macallan 1950 52 Year Old Fine Rare #598

Macallan 15 Year Old Triple Cask Matured Fine Oak

This 15 years old Triple Cask Matured whisky from Macallan matured on American and European casks that were prepared with sherry as well as former bourbon casks. It’s the successor to the Fine Oak series and was (re)launched in 2018. Contrary to the younger brother (12), this one is bottled at 43%. The nose offers sweet malt, peach, almonds and a...

Score 85/100

Macallan 12 Year Old Sherry Oak

Let’s see…give me some sherry with sherry and an extra gallop of…hmm….sherry. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not bad but not great either…it is what it is…a sherry bomb with maybe some vanilla and little else. Just to one dimensional for me and not my thing, much better whisk(e)ys I feel at this price point. But if you like sherry..then by all means go...

Score 80/100

Macallan Select Oak

After a tough day at work this hits the mark as a great nightcap! Nose: Homemade peanut brittle, violet crumble, flirting vanilla hiding in the background Palate: Enveloping molten browned toffee, a touch of sweet naval orange and a hint of golden rum Finish: Medium and drying, streaks of sherry, leaves me wanting more.

Score 79/100

Macallan The Gordon & Macphail Speymalt 1966

A friend of mine gifted me both the 1966 and the 1974 Speymalts from Gordon & Macphail as a wedding present out of the 3 Speymalts that he had. As we both live in different countries, I took pity on him and decided to split the bottles so that we both could enjoy the vintages from other sides of the world. Our first tasting was actually in...

Score 95/100