Macallan 2006/2024 Speymalt Sherry Cask #9623 Gordon & MacPhail

Profile: The Macallan 2006/2024 Speymalt Sherry Cask #9623 Gordon & MacPhail at a glance

• Rar, rarer, Gordon & MacPhail: Matured for 18 years in casks pre-filled with Sherry
• Single cask bottling under the Name of the distillery: The Cask #9623 was selected
• Limited bottling with a release of only 338 bottles

Portrait: What makes the Macallan 2006/2024 Speymalt Sherry Cask #9623 Gordon & MacPhail special

As perhaps Scotland's best-known independent bottler, Gordon & MacPhail has had one goal for more than 125 years: to produce single malt Scotch whisky of exceptional quality. In doing so, the family business acquired some privileges. For example: the bottling of the wonderfully complex distillates from the Macallan Distillery - under the name of the distillery.
 
One pre-filled with sherry Single Cask, the Speymalt from Macallan Distillery 2006/2024 owes its appetizing aromas of preserved apples and pears with warm spices. The seasonal fruit notes complement the rare experience with creamy vanilla, strong orange, roasted oak and hints of walnut.

Cask-No.: 9623
Outturn: 596 bottles
Bottled in cask strength

Tasting Notes: This is how the Macallan 2006/2024 Speymalt Sherry Cask #9623 Gordon & MacPhail tastes like

• Nose: intense aromas of preserved apples and pears, plus warm spicy aromas
• Palate: mouth-filling and soft in the taste with strong notes of creamy vanilla, rich hints of juicy oranges and charred oak
• Finish: long and harmonious in the finish - the oranges and vanilla are joined by traces of Walnuts