Macallan 1994 Speymalt 20 Years Old Gordon & Macphail 43% 1994

Avis professionnels

Serge Valentin (83)

Colour: pale gold.

Nose: straighter and tighter, with less nuts and biscuits, and rather more barley and ripe garden fruits, which may add freshness. On the other hand, I find it rather less aromatic, and probably a little grassier.

Mouth: oh yeah, this has much more oomph, actually, more freshness, fruits, definition, tightness, immediacy… Apples, gooseberries and rhubarb pie, then oranges, aromatic honey (thyme, perhaps) and golden raisins. Very nice touch of sherry, with some walnut cake and raisins. Unless that’s Alsatian kougelhopf…

Finish: good length, good malty fruitiness, with heather honey and a few roasted (right, burnt) raisins.

Comments: this one was more satisfying than the 12 FO, longer, with more volume… But its true that it’s also quite older. Goes down very well