Macallan Estate Reserve 1824 Series

Perfect

Better at nose than taste. Flan, pan cotta at nose, not vanilla. More smooth than oily, warm, spicy, better texture than taste. Wasnt stunning. Very quint packaging bottle though. Ginger aftertaste. Black tea, tanning on the tongue

Loads of aromas and flavours, nothing that stands out more than the other. Deep amber orange, with cinnamon and ginger. Caramalized bananas with some dried apricots, figs and raisins. Nice touch of orange and lemon with a nice long smooth finish. Excellent!

It took me while to really enjoy this Scotch. I think i prefer the aromas over the taste. Some orange, almond, marzipan, vanilla, caramel with a red berry finish. Perhaps my palate evolved over time.

This is a great whisky. But not only that, the bottle is very pretty too. It has a photo of a galaxy in the label and the box, because this is a limited edition to celebrate Ernie Button a space photographer. Bottled at 45.7%abv. On the nose is very interesting, burnt Caramel, Vanilla plant, Herbal Pine, some of the Typical macallan aroma, raisins, Chocolate with raisins, Cream and Blackberry jam. If it werent so dim, it would be perfect. On the palate it is not that great but still a very nice whisky. Clove, Grapes, Raisins old Orange peel, maybe some cabernet sauvignon notes. Finish is wonderful and eternal. The best part of it. Clove, ginger and pepper. Overall this is a solid 94 over a 100. It is a $500 bottle, that in my books would be fair at $170-200. Slainte!