Macallan 1981 18 Year Old Vintage Label

Macallan 12 Year Old Sherry Oak

Nose: Sweet berries, spices, chocolate syrup, caramel, oak. Palate: Deep berries like strawberries, raspberry syrup over chocolate cake with layers of chocolate mousse, exactly like PF Changs' Wall of Chocolate dessert. Medium bodied, spices, honey, caramel, a touch of papaya and molasses, cashews. Finish: Medium to long, cake dough,...

Score 85/100

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 Speymalt Gordon Machpail bottled 2013

I have mixed feelings about this bottle. Maybe when it's had a chance to age it might change. It is very pale, lighter than champagne and very sparkly in the glass. The nose is oak, rubber and quite earthy. It is fairly musty. The palate delivers honey, oak with spicy tang and a pepper bite. Pleasant. The finish is medium long and the honey really...

Score 80/100

Macallan 10 Year Old Fine Oak

The distillery The Macallan is a guarantee for especially smooht and complex whiskies, even if they say so themselves. I can only concur. I recently tasted three in their Fine Oak series and each and everyone was wonderful. The Fine Oak series was launched in 2004 and matured on three casks : first Spanish sherry casks, then American...

Score 77/100