Macallan Estate Reserve 1824 Collection

Macallan 12 Year Old Sherry Oak

Nose of sweet plum, barbados cherry and cwithmuth puddin'. Full bodied, and burnished gold in colour. Soft spiciness at the start with a warming finish with the flavours of earth, and turfiness.

Score 70/100

Macallan Whisky Maker's Edition

Nose: Sweet on the nose, with the ‘trademark’ Macallan dried fruit, zest and chocolate. The chocolate elemnts here are quite distinct, and it’s a lovely combination. Very surprising stuff. Palate: Very nice, full , some spice, and a lot of the chocolate and fruit going on,some zest also. Orange Milk chocolate combination, which i like so much....

Score 90/100

Macallan Cask Strength

My relationship with “The” Macallan goes back to before my whisky journey truly began. I was gifted a bottle of the 25 YO by the husband of a patient. If I had known anything about Scotch I would probably never have accepted it (I was used to $20 bottles of Canadian rye from the LCBO that my father had bought when I was a teen). That gentleman...

Score 94/100

Macallan 10 Year Old Sherry Oak

For my taste this was too much of sherrybomb, I guess in movie talk: Sherrybaby. Nose: Fruity toffee with a big influence of sherry. Taste: Dried fruits and sherry wood. Finish: Spicy lasting finish but for my taste, too much sherry. Sweet and with a taste of wood. Balance: I think it's well balanced for its kind but not for my taste. Probably...

Score 76/100