58,5°
Distillery : The Macallan - Speyside
1st Fill Sherry Hogshead
Independent Bottling
By Gordon & MacPhail
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2023
Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Totally Unpeated
The links between Gordon & MacPhail are so close that they have inaugurated a range just for the two of them. This is Speymalt, dedicated entirely to the Macallan casks acquired by Gordon & MacPhail. Here we have a 19-year-old aged in a first-fill Sherry Hogshead. 149 bottles are available exclusively from La Maison du Whisky in France, via their Collection New Vibrations.
Let's Taste It :
The Sherry effect is huge, full-bodied, with syrupy red fruits, fruit jellies, dates and dried figs, hazelnuts, almonds and peanuts, intense woody spices, cloves, turmeric, paprika, blood oranges topped with caramel, melted chocolate, quince jam, candied apricots, taut leather and hints of rhubarb. On the palate, a salad of stewed fruits, red fruits of course, but also pineapple, mango and passion fruit. Unctuous, with watermelon, cherry, blueberry, gooseberry and amarena. Milk chocolate chips, harmonious spices, cumin and nutmeg, as well as liquorice, blond tobacco and saffron. Very well-crafted finish, slightly earthy, coffee, chocolate, cinnamon, marzipan, very long, vanilla bean, cardamom, semi-salted butter, braised chestnuts. Ginger.
In Short,
We came for a good ladleful of Sherry and we weren't disappointed, it's extremely varied, complex, with lots of fruits, spices and other multiple flavours. It's very balanced, very noble, very Macallan. Not a drop of rancio or sulphur, the Sherry is well handled by the wood, spices and chocolate. A jewel of a Sherry, but unfortunately the price is too high, which is a shame.
Score : 90
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Smokin' Gun - Nothin' Good to Say
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