The Macallan / Exceptional Cask IV

The Macallan

Exceptional Cask IV

ABV 57.4%
REVIEWED Issue 31

Click below to share this page

Specifications

Brand: The Macallan
Expression: Exceptional Cask IV
Type: Scotland Whisky / Single Malt
Age: No Age Statement
ABV: 57.4%
Country/Region: Scotland
Bottling type: Standard (Distillery or blended)

Awards

Recommended
Issue 31

Tasting notes

Taster Dave Broom

Nose: Concentrated, complex, resin, seville orange, prune, varnish, roasted nuts. Almost Armagnac-like: earthy weight, savoury density.
Palate: Powerful, rich, mouth-coating; dark fruit, cocoa. Almost meaty. Great balance. Lighter tannins than you'd think.
Finish: Long, sweet and soft.
Comment: A great example of European oak and Macallan in harmony. Exceptional indeed.

9.0

Taster Michael Jackson

Nose: Sooty. Smoky. Burnt. Crème brûlée. Sweetish. Very malty.
Palate: Toffeeish, but in an interplay of soft sweetness and harder, smokier, more burnt flavours. Sticky toffee pudding meets hard treacle toffee.
Finish: Buttery. Spicy. Hot rum butter.
Comment: Not so much a winter whisky as a bear-hug. Or do the Grampians have a Mac Yeti?

8.8

Visit the distillery

The Macallan Distillery, Easter Elchies, Charlestown of Aberlour, Moray, Speyside, Scotland

Visit the website

Don’t have an account? Sign up here:

Create and view your own tasting notes and scores for individual whiskies.

Create your own Wish List
Create your own Collections
Write your own tasting notes for each bottle
Score whiskies creating a unique community score where whiskies are rated taking the average from every Whsiky Magazine member

Create your account