The Macallan 18 Year Old Sherry Oak was once the Rolls Royce bottling when it comes to sherry maturation. At least it was when I started my whisky adventures at the start of this century. The fame of recent bottlings seems to have faded a little, with the rest of the Macallan’s sherry range.

Mind that since the 1980’s releases the label says ‘distilled in 1997 and earlier years ’ so it’s not technically a vintage whisky.

The Macallan 18 yo 1997 (43%, OB 2015)

Nose: still a rather juicy kind of sherry. Plenty of oranges (fresh juice,...