Reverend357
Macallan Rare Cask
Single Malt — Highlands, Scotland
Reviewed
May 13, 2019 (edited January 11, 2021)
Blimey....been a while since my laste tasting. Had a couple drinks here and there, but mostly been alcohol free lately. No time to enjoy it, and I'm too old to drink for the sake of getting drunk.
This one was always high on my list, and today it just happened. Worth the wait.
The MaCallan Rare Cask is one of the very few 200€+ bottles I would actually consider buying. If I had any whisky budget left (Pro tip...when you say "I don't need a powerful PC...might as well downscale"....don't use PC Part Picker...I'm now running out of space for monitors). It is expensive, but worth every cent.
The nose starts mild and sweet. Not for every day, but when it fits the mood it is glorious. There are cherries, plums and hazelnut-milk-chocolate up front, with a bit of cereal below everything. Awesome, good start.
The taste is somewhat compley, but never gets overwhelming. A gentle dose of vanilla, followed by breakfast cereals with honey, hazelnuts, cinnamon, some more chocolate and finally some spices, mostly cloves and cinnamon. Reminds of a spiced chai tea. Damn fine stuff.
Aftertaste is spicy chocolate, honey and raisins. All in all, rather on the sweet side but never sticky.
Give MaCallan a sherry cask, and they usually know what they are doing. The price is high, but appropriate. Sure, you could get this from any other distillery for 50 bucks less, but yeah, sometimes you just gotta shill out the extra cash for a fancy bottle and a well known name.
Well then, cheers people. Let's hope it won't be another couple months until I have time to sit down and do this again....
260.0
EUR
per
Bottle
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