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The Macallan Sherry Oak 30 Years Old

Scotch Single Malt Speyside
Age
30 years
ABV
43%
Flavour Fingerprint
Malt Light Fruit Citrus Floral Herbal Spice Sweet Dark Fruit Nutty Earth Maritime Smoke / Peat

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Flavour profile is AI-assisted and still being refined.

Tasting

How it drinks

Sight
Deep, dark mahogany bordering on rosewood; almost impossibly rich color with incredibly slow legs
Nose
Awe-inspiring complexity — ancient dried fruit, deeply concentrated sherry, old leather armchair, beeswax, and museum-quality antique wood. Dark treacle, prune jam, and bitter chocolate. Sandalwood incense, dried herbs, and the faintest whisper of peat smoke from decades in oak. Rancio and old library
Palate
Transcendent richness. Concentrated prune, fig, and date compote layered with bitter chocolate, espresso, and old oloroso sherry. Ancient oak tannins perfectly integrated — firm but silky. Beeswax, leather, sandalwood, and subtle incense. Each sip reveals new dimensions. Extraordinarily full body
Finish
Seemingly endless finish. Old sherry and dried fruit evolve through leather, antique wood, bitter chocolate, and distant pipe tobacco. The oak is perfectly harmonized after three decades. A rare whisky experience that lingers for minutes

Tasting notes are AI-assisted and still being refined.

Maturation

The wood it came through

  • Hand-picked sherry seasoned oak casks from Jerez
  • Spain (100% oloroso sherry)

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