Wow. Starts off like an armagnac and very floral and perfumey on the nose with bits of tropical fruit then goes full blown Sherry bomb on the palate with a long bittersweet and nutty finish. Nose: Raisins, Violets, Prunes, Toffee, Lavender, Milk Chocolate, Strawberries, Luxardo Cherries, Rapsberries, Blood Oranges, Vanilla, Perfume, Pineapples, Mangoes Palate: Raisins, Toffee, Prunes, Raisins, Figs, Dates, Luxardo Cherries, Almonds, Nutmeg, Strawberries, Raspberries, Twizzlers, Milk Chocolate, Nutmeg, Baking Spices, Dark Chocolate, Hazlenuts, Brown Sugar Finish: Raisins, Dark Chocolate, Prunes, Dates, Leather, Tobacco, Cloves, Mocha, Walnuts, Espresso, Brown Sugar, Hazlenuts
3.85
About this bottle
Released in 2017, the Exceptional Single Cask Series from The Macallan features sherry-seasoned casks. All of the whiskies are bottled with natural color, no chill filtration, and at cask strength. For this release, it matured in a European oak sherry butt. It was distilled on the 18th of October 2004 and bottled on the 29th of August 2017. Only 298 bottles were produced. Bottled at 65.2% ABV.
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