The Macallan Quest might sound like some sort of epic journey to throw an evil chime hoop into a massive sherry cask, but it's actually a Travel Retail bottling of Macallan single malt drawn from four varieties of cask - bourbon casks, sherry-seasoned European oak casks, sherry-seasoned American oak casks, and hogsheads. The name is a reference to the lengths taken by the Macallan team to source the best oak to mature whisky in, and it comes in a nice big one-litre bottle.
This bottle was part of a private collection - if you'd like more detailed photos just get in touch!
Gentle lemon notes arrive first, with milk chocolate and butterscotch leaping out afterwards.
Slightly spicier than the nose, with warming oak and cinnamon developing underneath caramel notes.
Touches of raisin and vanilla pod.
So beautiful on the nose and the pallet.
Too sweet. Powdered sugar all the way rhough.
Came across this single malt aboard a cruise liner in the Adriatic. Sat on a shelf unopened and away from all the other single malts on offer so I decided to take the plunge and sample a glass. By the end of the cruise one of the stewards informed me that I had single handedly consumed threequarters of the bottle and that no one else had tried it, she also pointed out that I had made best use of my all-inclusive by choosing that particular whisky. The cruise had only lasted 7 days and I discovered the Quest on the third day, it was most enjoyable and my wife has ordered a bottle for my upcoming birthday.
