Macallan 21 Year Old Fine Oak

Macallan 10 Year Old Sherry Oak

My wife and I have been parents of our little girl Zoe for a grand total of 6 days now, and I've been trying to decide on a dram to toast her birth. So when I got a newsletter from my usual retailer, and I saw the Macallan 10 year old sherry oak was on sale (it's pretty rare here in Australia), I jumped at the chance to get an early fathers day...

Score 90/100

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 Select Oak

Here’s the Select Oak. It’s a 1L no age statement travel retail offering. It’s made using American oak bourbon casks, first fill American oak casks, and European oak casks that have been treated with sherry. It seems a lot of these no aged whiskies get some pretty elaborate wood treatments. I suppose it’s something to talk about in lieu of an age....

Score 81/100

Macallan Director's Edition

The bottle assures me that discerning directors will appreciate this malt... it goes on to say it’s smooth. Hmmm we shall see. The nose has something distinctly sulphurous about it, which is a bad start, sherry and butter are evident under the sulphur. I don’t think I’m very sensitive to sulphur, and certainly am not put off by it unduly, but the...

Score 77/100