Macallan 1950 Speymalt Gordon & Macphail

Macallan 18 Year Old Sherry Oak

I'm so glad I haven't splashed out on a whole bottle of this uneventful whisky and tried it in a whisky bar. NOSE: a touch of menthol, raspberries, dense berry candy nose with a touch of berberis. Reminds me a lot of its younger brother the 12 yo sherried Macallan. TASTE: some caramel, silky smooth, sweet dried fruits along with some stale dried...

Score 75/100

Macallan Reflexion

The Macallan Reflexion is probably the most expensive Macallan I have tried to date. It comes in a beautiful decanter and sports a price tag of around 1.000 EUR. The whisky does not carry an age statement and is bottled at drinking strength. It was fully matured on first fill sherry casks of both American and European oak. The nose starts very...

Score 84/100

Macallan 39 Year Old ‘Speymalt’ 1970 Vintage Gordon & Macphail

This Macallan was bottled under the Speymalt label. It is a distillate from 20th November 1970 (I had not even celebrated my first birthday!) and bottled on 1st September 2010, especially for La Maison du Whisky. It won a gold medal at the Malt Maniac Awards 2010, so it cannot be bad. After the first whiff, a smile already spreads on my face. This...

Score 91/100

Macallan 15 Year Old Fine Oak

This past Christmas I received the Macallan 12, 15, and 18, all in the Fine Oak range, from a very generous friend. The notes of each were taken in direct comparison of one another in one sitting. The differences between the 12 year old and the 15 year old were the most striking of the three (the 15 and 18 being somewhat similar). Nose: Rich...

Score 84/100