Macallan 1991 14 Year Old Alchemist

Macallan 1964 25 Year Old

This is wonderful! The first thing I smelled was the freshly torched sugar on creme brulee, with vanilla and slight licorice?? lavender??? -- I am having a hard time placing it exactly-- scent. Also, reminiscent of pancakes with butter and maple syrup on a sunny Sunday morning. The sipping went to syrupy and strong with light smoke and caramel,...

Score 97/100

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 Travel Series 1950s

I have mixed feelings about this whisky. On the one side it's a real easy dram to drink, going down with remarkable smoothness and making you feel good about it. It carries that distinctive Speyside flavour which goes well for some speysides and wrong for others, but as usual Macallan pulls it off flawlessly. But at the same time it lacks oomph....

Score 75/100

Macallan 15 Year Old Fine Oak

I’ve tried the 12yo Fine Oak before after a nice restaurant dinner and based on that I bought this 15yo which, based on reviews, has been the more popular and praised one. I really liked the 12yo already, and I have to say this older bottling didn’t let me down. The nose starts with plenty of fruit. With triple cask maturation (2 sherry casks and...

Score 89/100