Macallan 10 Year Old Fine Oak

Great review, usually The Macallan bottlings are known for their sherry influenced whiskies and yes they are expensive even at the base ages. Or now their non-age-statement bottles. I can't say too much negative things as I haven't tried them yet. There is a Sherry oak 10 yr that catches my eye.

Or was it Sherry Oak 12 (Just thought of that)

Thanks, don't get me wrong it's a nice little scotch (nice being the only boring adjective available here) I just can't justify it for the price here ... if it was floating around the £20-£25 mark it would probably be a constant in my cupboard. The Sherry oak looks good ! I like the look of the older fine oaks but then thats just me. I will definitely go back to Macallan for a second taste... just not with this particular bottle.

This review makes me wonder whether this batch of Macallan 10 Fine Oak differs a lot from the bottle I bought 3 years ago. My bottle is extremely fruity, and unusually fruity of peaches, which I very rarely get from any whisky. It is indeed quite a light drink, and you have to be in that frame of mind to enjoy it. While I did find it light indeed, I did not find that bottle boring because those particular fruity flavours were very different from other whiskies, and quite pleasant. One batch to another these whiskies can vary quite a lot. Absent the fruit, drinking from my bottle of Macallan 10 Fine Oak might well have seemed the closest thing to drinking water that I have experienced in a whisky.

Got to agree here, (@ Victor: I got the fruity notes too, I'm not saying that this is a bad whisky. But Macallan has made a big name for itself in the industry, so yes I too expected far more from this one. In my opinion the 10 yo might just be a bit too immature to be bottled yet

@Pandemonium I agree entirely ! 2 more years in the oaky comfort of a cask and it's score may have been much higher! @Victor Peaches never reached me.... butter butter butter were my thoughts. The water thing isn't a bad characteristic in my view. It was different from any whisky I have tasted before in the fact that I thought I could have given it to a friend who had never touched strong spirit before and he would have enjoyed it thoroughly. The score I gave this scotch was bad and I will stick by my review..... but ... and its a big but ... there are many whiskies I would rate this low ... not so many from that group that I would buy for my cupboard.... this one I definitely would. I would drink it with my partner and she would enjoy it as much as me... Not many whiskies I could put in that category....