Macallan Speymalt 2005

Gordon & MacPhail's Macallan Speymalt 2005 is an independent release of the prestigious juice from the Macallan distillery. Since i am not the fondest fan of Macallan, i am quite intrigued in an independent bottling of it. On the nose: Banana and "Maduro" which is a sweet old fried green banana from Ecuador. Gummy bears, plantain, banana bread. After a first sip, the aroma became humid, like a library, old books. There is also notes of oranges, dark cake and raisinets. On the palate, i get the banana bread, fancy vanilla, toffee. Thick orange note here as well. Delicious. Aftertaste was fairly spicy, hay, chilli, butterscotch, dark chocolate and tobacco. Overall, this one was a home run. Truly a nice experience, this is what Macallan should be. My score for this is 96 over 100. Super interesting, complex dram.

Nose is creamy buttery caramel. Awesome Palate is medium spiced rich fruit cake Finish is medium short with lingering spice and some wood. Delicous dram, woudk be better at cask stength imo. But thats my perosnal preference on most whiskies