Macallan 12 Year Old Bottled 1980s Screwcap 43 100cl

Macallan 9 Year Old 2001 Gordon & Macphail Speymalt

Gordon & Macphail, the well known bottler from Elgin, released this 9 Year Old Macallan under their Speymalt banner, an obvious reference to the region of production. It is matured on a sherry cask, wich Macallan used to do exclusively until they turned to bourbon casks about two decates ago for their Fine Oak series. Well, this is very good...

Score 81/100

Macallan 10 Year Old Sherry Oak

Aged in 100% Jerez Sherry casks, Macallan is the original sherry bomb malt whisky. Does it really stand up to scrutiny these days, and is this standard of aging necessary or even desirable given the chance of some sulphurous contamination. A rich spicy aroma with an alcoholic solvent like whiff. Cloves and cinnamon provide the spice, and bitter...

Score 86/100

Macallan 12 Year Old Triple Cask Matured Fine Oak

When Macallan introduced the Fine Oak – more than a decade ago now – this caused something of an earthquake. Until then Macallan’s claim to fame was the fact that they matured exclusively on sherry oak, but with the Fine Oak series the use of bourbon casks was introduced. No, some ten years later, a new Fine Oak series was launched, albeit Triple...

Score 81/100

Macallan 12 Year Old Sherry Oak

All Scotch aficionados know Macallan and I've nothing to add other than the following recommendation. I live in a consistently hot environment and do not like to dilute most Scotch flavor with ice, nor do I carry chilling stones to a restaurant. I have developed a simple method to maintain a proper chill of my whiskey. I order Scotch in a snifter...

Score 98/100