55,2°
Distillery : The Macallan - Speyside
Bourbon Barrel
Independent Bottling
By La Maison du Whisky
Limited Edition
Single Cask
Bottled in 2024
Unchillfitered, Uncoloured, Cask Strength
Totally Unpeated
This is undoubtedly the most talked-about bottle in the Artist #14 range, released on the occasion of the Whisky Live Paris 2024. It's a Macallan that is at least 32 years old, which makes it extremely rare - only 94 bottles have come out of cask. On the other hand, it was aged in a Bourbon Barrel, which is original, given that Macallan has made Sherry its tradition.
Let's Taste It :
Very velvety on the nose, with fruit paste, but also fresh fruit which adds a lovely fullness, mirabelle plums, ripe pears, white peaches. Intense honeyed notes, fermented berries, orange marmalade, quince jam, sprinkled with cinnamon, curry. On the palate, vanilla bean, sultanas, some exotic fruit, bananas, prickly pears, then well-integrated but lively spices, cloves, nutmeg. Very long finish, full of liquorice and ginger, damp roots, some cereals, barley, millet, bark, puffed rice, egg yolk.
In Short,
It's incredibly good, I must say, with that velvety smoothness typical of the distillery, and a very wide range of flavours. On the other hand, the price is astronomical, and at that price I prefer a Brora or a Port Ellen. You rarely have the opportunity to buy at that price, and if you do, you take something else. As proof, the product is still available for sale today, more than six months after its launch.
Score : 90
To Be Listened While Sipping :
Albert Cummings - Lonely Bad
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