Style: Rich and Sherry
Nose:
Started with red plums and prunes, sweet and around aroma. Plenty of chocolate sauce pursues from behind. Menthol, then we have digest biscuit and roasted malt to buffer the acidity. A few almond croissant and cookie dough dissonant hidden within, while subtle, graceful grassy and floral notes sitting deep at the core.
Palate:
Sweet red plums riding on a peppermint thread, while Black Forest cake, wood smoke and dry spices – clover, cinnamon and nutmeg all building up the dark fruit sweetness. Dark cherries, rum and raisin ice cream, tobacco leaves and caramel toffee sauce forming a deep body. Reverting back to almond croissants again, raw doughy touches here and there. Malt and roasted coffee beans at the back end.
Finish:
Malt slowly converges, then we have sine free-flowing crystallized grapes prancing exquisitely. Classy Macallan finish.
Thoughts:
A special edition of the Estate Reserve. Beautiful whisky glass “residue” art label, looks like a nebula cloud don’t you think? Not sure if it has been discontinued after the launch of the Quest Collection at duty free. Also, I wonder what casks would qualify for “Estate Reserve”? Anyway, in this whisky, we still have the Macallan formula, dark fruits sherry building around a lighter malt, smooth and silky at a good strength. Not without flaws, but overall a fine dram.
✓ [Recommended if you like the style/ distillery]
[45.7% • Original Bottling • Circa 2016 • No Age Statement • Non Chill Filtered • Non Coloured • Limited Edition • t-]
-Esmond
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