Macallan Glenlivet 1971 27 Year Old Sherry Cask Signatory

Macallan 12 Year Old fine oak

have just bought a bottle of this whilst on holiday this week..... Very drinkable, lovely and smooth 12 yo offering from this renowned distillery. On the nose I'm finding apples and cinnamon with toffee and vanilla oak... The arrival is smooth and delicate with the perfect balance of sweet and savoury, a great after dinner dram... Nice coating of...

Score 88/100

Macallan 25 Year Old 1976 Silver Seal

This is a so-called ‘First Bottling’ by Silver Seal, already put out in 2001 and by now almost extinct. I see it at auctions from time to time, but it fetches a whopping 700 to 1.000 euros. So I count my blessings with having received a sample from my friend Enrico. Wonderful, dark and sweet nose on old sherry, leather, cigar box and laurel. There...

Score 90/100

Macallan 10 Year Old Sherry Oak

Nose, Taste, Finish and Balance are graded out of 2.5 each: Nose: Well, before we even open the bottle, we know that we're dealing with one of the oldest names in Speyside aristocracy, so much so that it has definitive article "The" as a prefix to its name. One hears about Macallan all the time, its long history is apparent for all to...

Score 90/100

Macallan Travel Series 1920s

In 2001 Macallan released the so-called Travel Series in small boxes that you could put next to each other to created a little diorama with a car, boat, train and plane. Nice gimmick, but is the whisky any good? I am tasting from a bottle called Twenties, which was only added to this series in 2004. According to the PR-department, this whisky...

Score 77/100