Taster

Nose: Clove spice, cinnamon, citrus orange, some dried fruits.

Palate: Powerful rich clove spice with dried fruit.

Finish: Viscous and rich in the mouth it has a long and lingering spicy clove finish.

Comment: Classic example of The Macallan.

Score: 9.5

Taster

Nose: Immediate clean, dry, peat smoke.

Palate: Big, firm. Peaty, grassy, lively.

Finish: Sweet, gingery. Treacly. Astonishingly long.

Comment: This is true of several of the older Macallans, suggesting that the sherry casks had contained styles other than dry Oloroso.

Score: 9.3