Ah Macallan what are you doing to me. Once the whipping boy for over priced average drams (IMHO of the number I've tried) the last drop amber (for the price) was nice and reasonable and now this. Orange peel, toffee, honey, caramel, rich dark dry fruits and more on the nose and then onto the palate. At only $100 this is def VFM. It still has that hint of bitterness or astringency another reviewer mentioned which I get with Macallan a lot and a few drops of water weirdly made it worse but still great dram. I see ScotchHarding also noticed it and coined it bitter orange peel or maybe a combination of black and green pepper type thing he also mentioned. Weirdly I like bitter as I had a blood red grapefruit before hand but not in my whiskey. I started higher but in the end settled to a solid 4 or maybe even a 3.75 as it's really bugging me now I reckon.