Whisky Magazine Issue 13
Jim McEwan - Booker Noe - Ultimate Macallan Tasting - Aberlour Distillery.
Published December 2000.
85
- Nose
- Sweetish. Beeswax. White chocolate. Hint of ginger.
- Palate
- Satiny. Sweeter, more honeyed than most versions, with the characteristic pears-in-cream emerging.
- Finish
- Apple wood flavours and light smokiness in a gently rounded conclusion.
- Comment
- Luxurious, but in a restrained, understated way.
77
- Nose
- "Quality Street" dark chocolate sweet with soft lemon inside with kumquats and nuts.
- Palate
- Delicate malt notes followed by a prickly spice and then a menthol backwash revealing great age.
- Finish
- Simple and clean. Vanilla at first and then bourbon-style oak notes.
- Comment
- Rarely does Glenfiddich pass 21 years unscathed by time, but this has done much better than most.
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