Macallan Select Oak The 1824 Collection

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

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

Nose: strong vanilla and a whole heap of classic sherry cask notes like almonds, a little cherry, chocolatey sweetness and oranges. A very gentle saltiness and something like toasted hazelnuts. This dram is ever so slightly oily and underpinned by a delicate wood-smoke that provides great contrast. Palate: confirms the nose with vanilla, red...

Score 83/100

Macallan 12 Year Old Sherry Oak

Macallan 12 YO. It's hard to believe I've had the 25 but I can't remember ever having tried the 12. It's long gone in Ontario, and I haven't seen it anywhere else in Canada. But what does a cask strength snob like me care about that? So here I am in Boston and it's one of three Scotches offered at the bar in the dining hall I'm at. I have had...

Score 87/100