The Macallan Thirties

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 18 by Michael Jackson and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Michael Jackson Nose Seville orange. Fresh leather. Lemon-grass. Peat. Palate Smooth, sweet. The fruitiest and most estery of the set. Finish Sweet grass. Juicy. Comment With its floweriness and a hint of peat, this seems to me a classic old-style Speysider.

Dave Broom Nose Finer nose, crisp with toasted almonds and a leaf mulch/earthy richness. Lightly peaty but in time a crème anglaise note mellows things slightly. Palate Firm and malty but that ripe apricot fleshiness fills out the mid-palate. Finish Chewy yet dry. Comment The dry amontillado.