Macallan Whisky Maker's Edition

This Whiskymaker's Edition comes in a 1 litre bottle, available in the Duty Free range. With a price tag of around 250 EUR, I find it somewhat expensive for a NAS whisky. It was composed by Macallan Distillery’s manager Bob Dalgamo and is a mix of sherry and bourbon casks. Apparantly 42,8% is Bob’s favorite drinking strength. Oh, right, the barley is grown on the Macallan Estate.

The nose is rather light, but very fruity. Think orange marmalade, fresh figs, cake, brown sugar and some maple syrup. Raisins, fresh coconut and some dark chocolate, albeit very light. Hint of coffee. A touch of ginger and nutmeg, but also very light. Everything on this nose seems somewhat light. Bantam, to use a boxing term.

It is nicely oily, but honeysweet on the palate. Fresh figs appear first, then cake and dried fruits. Apricots and peach. Orange peel. More cake. Butterscotch. Mildly spicy with some tannins.

The finish is fairly long on chocolate and orange cookies, spices and nuts.

Apart from the light nose, this is quite a nice Macallan on fruit and spices. But way too expensive in my opinion.

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