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.
Ain't it funny that so many of those who excoriate this rather nice whisky can spell neither "Macallan" nor "whisky"!
I read reviews and was nearly put off because I too do not like trend for NAS on bottles. I took a chance and surprise surprise it's a good dram. Not spectacular however smoothish with a little smoke, nice honey and longish finish. A little overpriced but nowhere near as bad as these reviews make out.
tried this at an airport bar near Heathrow. at first thought the bartender poured a JW Red by mistake. kept adding water to try to make it drinkable but never got there. MacAllan mailed it in on this one; NAS movement to mass produce whisky resulted in poor quality. do not buy this swill, there's better stuff out there still.
Very good! perfect for a new scotch drinker, I love
Poor taste and weak notes. Entirely poor if I could give it 0 out of 5 I would.
