Macallan 1998/2024 Speymalt Sherry Cask #21603912 Gordon & MacPhail

Profile: The Macallan 1998/2024 Speymalt Sherry Cask #21603912 Gordon & MacPhail at a glance

• Rar, rarer, Gordon & MacPhail: Aged for more than two decades in casks pre-filled with Sherry
• Single Cask bottling under the name of the distillery: The Cask #21603912 was selected.
• Limited bottling with an Outturn of only 338 bottles

Portrait: What makes the Macallan 1998/2024 Speymalt Sherry Cask #21603912 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.
 
The Speymalt from Macallan Distillery 1998/2024 matured extensively in Sherry Cask No. 21603912. In the Andalusian barrel, the rarity developed a lush profile in which vanilla and delicate toffee aromas transition to dried figs and sultanas. Notes of raspberry, Seville orange and anise follow before the single malt slowly fades out with oak tones .

Cask-No.: 21603912 
Outturn: 338 bottles
Bottled in cask strength

Tasting Notes: This is how the Macallan 1998/2024 Speymalt Sherry Cask #21603912 Gordon & MacPhail tastes like

• Nose: vanilla beans with light aromas of soft toffee, dried figs and sultanas
• Palate: soft and mouth-filling taste with clear notes of ripe raspberries and juicy Seville oranges - subtle hints of anise seed in the background
• Finish: long, balanced finish - the fruits are present, then fade into the background and make room for spicy oak tones