Macallan Double Cask 12 Year

Nose: Heavy sherry, dried nuts, nectarines and butterscotch. Quite magnificent! Palate: Creamy, starts off with a surprising bit of spice that transforms into honey, citrus, almonds and a fainter sherry note. Finish: Almonds, light spice and vanilla Overall: The nose is truly something special, and the taste lives up to half of that... On the taste, I would not have guessed that this is a all-sherry cask, so you know... when it comes to Macallan, less-sherried is usually not a compliment. For $100 CAD, it’s not on my top list.

So good

Sweet, wonderful nose. Light fruit, chocolate start, middle of wood, sherry. Dry medium finish. Slight burn. Few drops of water takes off some fruit up front but makes a longer rounded flavor profile before drying out with the sherry finish.