Macallan 15 Years Fine Oak
This 15 year old Macallan matured in three different cask types: Spanish Sherry casks, Sherry casks made out of American white oak and American Bourbon casks. This special combination makes the Single Malt very smooth and delicate, but still complex.
This 15 year old Macallan matured in three different cask types: Spanish Sherry casks, Sherry casks made out of American white oak and American Bourbon casks. This special combination makes the Single Malt very smooth and delicate, but still complex.
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| 1469 | |
| Macallan | |
| Scotland, Speyside | |
| Single Malt Whisky | |
| 15 Years | |
| 43% | |
| 0.7 l | |
| Original bottling | |
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| Average tasting notes Tasting notes |
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Nosing
Fruit:
Sweet:
Honey:
Zitrus:
Chocolate:
Herbs:
Sherry:
Alcohol:
Cinnamon:
Lemon:
Grapefruit:
Barley:
Heather:
Vanilla:
Peat Smoke:
Spices:
Oak:
Malt:
Apple:
Tasting
Sweet:
Oak:
Zitrus:
Spices:
Raisin:
Orange:
Sherry:
Nuts:
Herb:
Herbs:
Alcohol:
Honey:
Oil:
Floral:
Dark Chocolate:
Heather:
Lemon:
Vanilla:
Peat Smoke:
Chocolate:
Fruit:
Finish
Sweet:
Oak:
Alcohol:
Honey:
Oil:
Hazelnut:
Caramel:
Peat Smoke:
Nuts:
Chocolate:
Vanilla:
Sherry:
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Quality rating of this bottle
3.7
Rate
24
6
Quality comparison of bottles
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All tasting notes
08. Dec 2017
30. Dec 2017
23. Mar 2015
"Fake floral" top note (linalool, terpene) with a volatile lemongrass aroma covering the gingery/fusel-y alcohol on the nose. Lightly honeyed, "yellow" fruits, such as pluots, pineapple and a lemon oil follow. Time brings hints of heather, cereal and earthy oak notes.
Substantially diminished over the years, a hint of "oiliness" at the front-palate is still present, carrying the honeyed cereal notes. The mid-palate immediately becomes more austere, with dry cereal qualities and noticeable, "chalky" and bitter oak tannins structuring the development. It finishes lean, with lingering, mildly spicy astringency and balanced "warming" alcohol sensation.
Water slightly emphasizes front-palate sweetness.
All aromas (earthy, cereal, heather) fade within seconds, while the bitter, drying structure on the palate lingers for minutes.
Sorry to say, this is what the "12Y Fine Oak" delivered 10 years ago. Obscene price for quality. Compare to Glenrothes "Select Reserve" at 1/3rd of the price.
Substantially diminished over the years, a hint of "oiliness" at the front-palate is still present, carrying the honeyed cereal notes. The mid-palate immediately becomes more austere, with dry cereal qualities and noticeable, "chalky" and bitter oak tannins structuring the development. It finishes lean, with lingering, mildly spicy astringency and balanced "warming" alcohol sensation.
Water slightly emphasizes front-palate sweetness.
All aromas (earthy, cereal, heather) fade within seconds, while the bitter, drying structure on the palate lingers for minutes.
Sorry to say, this is what the "12Y Fine Oak" delivered 10 years ago. Obscene price for quality. Compare to Glenrothes "Select Reserve" at 1/3rd of the price.
16. Mar 2019
Nosing: 
Taste:
Finish:
cream, 
Comment: Every edge is softened. Clearly distinguishable from The Macallan's traditional sherried nature. A sophisticated marriage between palate to finish. There is complexity in this whisky's scents and flavors, but never an abrupt transition from one facet to another.
Taste:
Finish:
cream, Comment: Every edge is softened. Clearly distinguishable from The Macallan's traditional sherried nature. A sophisticated marriage between palate to finish. There is complexity in this whisky's scents and flavors, but never an abrupt transition from one facet to another.
04. Apr 2015
12. Feb 2015
22. Nov 2014
09. May 2016
27. Feb 2015
20. Mar 2015
