Macallan 1997 18 Year Old Sherry Oak Single Malt w/box 700ml

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Rated by: Ruben Luyten, 87/100

Nose: still a rather juicy kind of sherry. Plenty of oranges (fresh juice, marmalade, candied peels), honey and dried apricots. Berries. Soft pepper, candied ginger and a hint of vanilla. Fairly light. There’s a subtle hint of dried porcini but it misses most of the old-style weight.

Mouth: starts on oranges and honey again, raisins, light toffee and then some spices like ginger and clove. Herbal touches too (eucalyptus, anise). Again quite light, with bright, citric top notes and some bitterness underneath but little sweetness or richness.

Finish: medium long, on Seville oranges, herbal notes and subtle dark chocolate.

Founded in 1824 in the heart of Speyside, The Macallan was one of the first distilleries in Scotland to be legally licensed. Since then it has built a reputation as one of the world's leading single malt whiskies.
From its founding, through the subsequent owners of The Macallan distillery in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and into the present century, The Macallan has been recognised for its outstanding quality above all else. Today this remains the foundation for the worldwide fame of The Macallan.