Released as part of Macallan’s ever-wonderful Sherry Oak range comes this 12 Year Old. It has spent its entire maturation in sherry-seasoned oak casks from Jerez, and is bottled at 40% ABV after its 12 years of ageing. It’s full of all those hallmark dried fruit and marmalade notes we’ve come to know and love from a sherried Macallan.
Crisp and sweet. There are notes of sultanas and fresh apple blossom. There is a defined floral note followed by Sherry hints. Calvados emerges with a tropical fruit note and golden syrup.
Medium-body and quite firm. There are notes of hot pastries and marmalade, sultanas and peels with a developing sweetness from the barley sugar.
Good length with a solid oaked note
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Simply too sweet. It overpowers everything. Not dissimilar to syrup,'o' figs laxative. I find it hard to believe it hasn't had corn syrup dropped in it. Not for me though my wife loves it.
Very sherry and sweet, honey, spicy oak, floral. Some people get a sort of synthetic or rubber taste from this which I can definitely see. It does have a sort of different taste compared to other single malts that make it unique. As far as the scotch itself goes the quality is great and the taste is good. No color added is a bonus. I’d give it an 85/100. However it loses points and my future business for the recent price increases which have made it unreasonable. I’ve seen 10-15 dollars price increases depending on where I shop within the last few months and there are too many other great options in that price range. So once again in typical macallan fashion they take a good product at a decent price and increase it to an unreasonable level for what it is.
Some days I taste this and I think it’s amazing, some days it kind of tastes synthetic almost. I can tell that it is a quality scotch, there’s no question about it. They honey and sherry shine in this one and nothing tastes similar to it. Sad that recent price increases have moved it up into a league of better drams for the price. Macallan is quality, it is good, it is overpriced.
Must to have Really enjoyable, but for someone starting out drinking there are better sherry aged scotches at the price point. Saw it today at Cosco for 54.99 and thought I would revisit it. Same opinion as before. Especially if you are on a tight budget, the corporate name/branding/marketing etc really pump the price on this relative to other 12 year old ones
