Macallan's 1824 range has done away with age-statements and instead focuses on the colour of the whisky. The concept being that the older the whisky is the darker it will be... Regardless of how true this really is, it's certainly a great whisky packed with assertive vanilla and citrus flavours.
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This burnished gold spirit presents a lemon citrus nose, the orange peel and an interlacing sweetness that softens but doesn't eliminate the zest. A quiet note of vanilla is followed by dark chocolate - more assertive, yet not overly so - with a lingering floral and light oak notes.
Citrus and boiled sweets rule the palate, along with hints of ginger and cinnamon, while soft oak tones reveal toasted apples.
The finish is medium sweet, malty and slightly dry.
I'm actually amazed by some of the comments / scored below. I am literally drinking this in a bar, and was surprised at the low price tag for a decent whisky. It's a solid, smooth, likeable drink, totally worth £35 a bottle. Is it the best whisky I've ever tasted? No, it's not. But if this is your budget, you could do much worse.
I prefer the 17, but this is very drinkable for someone like me who isn't a big fan of heavy oaked, smokey scotches. A good introduction to a quality line of scotches for someone looking to move up from the less expensive blends.
Nose is ok, but everything else is argh. it is smooth which is fine for beginners, but if you have been drinking whisky and prefer something a bit sophisticated and complex, this is shallow water for you.
It's like having intercourse in a canoe.
Legs are slow and oily, even after chill filtering, suggests higher temperature fermentation. Nose - sweet, dark chocolate, citrus, malty , nutty and spicey due to short fermentation. Vanilla. Palate - sweet, orange, spicey. Finish - estery, sweet, orange, chocolate. Typical Speyside with short fermentation and I suspect very very narrow cuts with lower cut in the high 60s percentage ABV. Reasonable for the price, but nothing too special.
