There's a part of me that doesn't even want to review Macallan whisky just in part due to their strange marketing as of late and down right perplexing ever sky rocketing prices. Macallan 21 triple cask or fine oak or whatever they're calling it today. So this is I believe sherry seasoned and bourbon seasoned. I've honestly never heard of someone doing a bourbon seasoning. I'm not sure if it is just cheaper or if they did it in part to avoid the char of a first fill bourbon barrel. The whisky also comes in at a painfully low 43% so we can assume chill filtering and in general it's going to look a bit on the cheaper side. I feel like whisky consumers should come up with a term to properly explain these more extreme low proof whisky expressions. Nose - I know it isn't all sherry but I'm getting sherry bomb like amounts of it on the nose. Super complex, when i first just gently nose it, all I get are dark fruits and berries. When I dig in more i start to get vanilla, toasted oak, and a baked bread. Taste - Vanilla, oak spice, a bit of a berries and dark fruits (very light), Water brings out more of the vanilla and oak and kills the fruity flavors and kills any hints of peat. Complex but extremely light massively lacking in mouth feel. Finish - there is actually a touch of peat and salt over vanilla on the finish. A touch of leather and it does have a nice oak whisky note, I'm not good on explaining that note but I really enjoy it. I paid 488 which I'm told is becoming a "value". I'm torn on score. It's complex and has great flavors, but it's light, thin, and just frankly so under proofed that it is seriously hurting the experience. So my scoring system 5 stars - life changing, the rarest of the rare 4 stars - even if not your style or a bit out of your price range, you need to get. 3 stars - a must buy if in your price range or your wheel house. A try for those where it's a bit out of that range. 2 stars - good whisky but not one to go out of your way for. Worth having on the bar if it's well within your means. 1 star - this is now a whisky you likely should pass on if you're a connoisseur but might be an ok starter whisky or something to mix. If cheap enough for you, nothing wrong with it, maybe one to give to people you don't like that much to save your good bottles. less than 1 star - bad whisky, just avoid even if free. I have to say the flavor is a 3, nose is a 4.25, the finish is a 3.75, and the mouth feel is a 0. For me that's a 2.5. Mouth feel REALLY matters.