Macallan 1993 18 Year Old Sherry Oak

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 Gold 1824 Series

One of the most controversial decisions by any distillery in recent years is Macallan's movement away from age-statement whiskies to no-age-statement (NAS) products. The reason for this is simple, and is affecting many Scottish single malt distilleries: there is not enough old stock on hand to keep feeding a growing appetite for single malts....

Score 75/100

Macallan 7 Year Old Giovinetti Special Selection

My Italian Connosr-friend @luccadanna1985 sent me a sample of this somewhat rare 7 year old Macallan, bottled especially for the Italian market by Giovinetti & Figli. You can still find it in several places, but look around before you buy (prices range from 40 EUR to 120 EUR). It was matured on a sherry cask, what Macallan is most famous for....

Score 75/100

Macallan 12 Year Old fine oak

I'm not sure why this whisky isn't listed on Connosr (yet), as it's quite readily available in Belgium (so I presume in the UK and Scotland as well). As was to be expected, the nose of the one is a little more complex than his younger brother, the 10 Year Old. Apart from the white fruit, honey and heather, this one has some freshly cut grass and...

Score 81/100