Macallan 1976 30 Year Old Douglas Laing Platinum Selection

Macallan Signatory 20/1984 #7098

From Signatory's Cask Strength Collection. Macallan 20/1984, Sherry Butt Matured, Cask 7098, 55.9% This is the most stunning whisky I have sampled over my months and years as a serious student of whisky. I first sampled at the Whisky Attic/Freaking Frog in Las Vegas NV, and my thanks to Adam Carmer, prop., for turning me onto this delight. I spent...

Score 98/100

Macallan Cask Strength

A sample of this NAS cask strength Macallan (at 60.1% ABV) was part of a very generous birthday gift from @paddockjudge. The colour is one of the deepest and reddest I have ever seen in a whisky - almost like cola. On the nose we have black cherries, charred oak, Angostura bitters, buttermilk and dark cocoa. Blackberries, dates and plums. Walnut....

Score 92/100

Macallan 18 Year Old Fine Oak

I've had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing Macallans' reclusive Mr Bob Dalgarno and came away immensely impressed with his humility and his considerable skill as a whisky maker. The Fine Oak series is his baby and I recall him telling me that after the Sherry Oak all eyes were on him to come up with a new type of expression. His idea was...

Score 93/100

Macallan 12 Year Old Sherry Oak

Macallan 12 yo Sherry Oak is matured exclusively in former Sherry casks. My thanks to @Maddie, who owns the reviewed bottle. The reviewed bottle is 60% full and has been open for at least one year Nose: strong very fruity sherry with excellent sweet-dry balance. Sherry owns the malt, as expected, but very happily here. Score: 23/25 Taste: just...

Score 90/100