- Raided Score: 88
- Publication: Distiller
- Excerpt: With a splash of cool water, the wine soaked oak came to life. Dark chocolate and leather, raisins and oranges, espresso and maple, all are found here.
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- Raided Score: 92
- Publication: Whisky Advocate
- Excerpt: On the palate, there are evolving notes of chewy toffee, ripe fruit (oranges, golden raisons), chocolate covered nuts, multigrain toast, and polished oak. Long, soothing finish.
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- Raided Score: 86
- Publication: WhiskyCast
- Excerpt: The finish is long, fruity, and mouth-watering. It’s a powerful whisky, but not complex.
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- Raided Score: 93
- Publication: Wine Enthusiast
- Excerpt: Aftertaste is long, chewy and chunky. Luscious.
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- Raided Score: 91
- Publication: Whiskey Raiders
- Excerpt: Really a phenomenal product, and one that myself, along with many others, miss dearly.
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Intro:
This is an old, now discontinued release from The Macallan. It is matured fully in sherry, and bottled at cask strength without coloring or filtering.
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Nose:
Super pungent, meaty sherry. Prunes, figs, rich toffee. Massive stewed fruits, tobacco and nougat. Powerful, earthy, more fruit and cocoa driven sherry rather than butterscotch and light berry driven.
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Taste:
Medium mouth feel. No real heat, despite the proof. Figs, dates, pepper and tobacco are prominent with a rich cocoa and currant structure.
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Finish:
Long, rich and loaded with notes like pipe tobacco, cocoa, rich blackberry and currant jam. Figs and dates abound.
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Overall:
Really a phenomenal product, and one that myself, along with many others, miss dearly.
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Score:
8
- Our in house critic rates spirits on a scale of 0-10 (10 best) and is aggregated the same as external sources
