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As I expected, the Macallan 12yo 'Sherry' (40%, OB, 2004) was much more to my liking.
Nose: Aaaah! Rich and sherried. Pipe tobacco. Overripe peaches? Curry ketchup?
It skims along the edges of oily and perfumy. Rubber. More organics and spices.
Quite massive. Now I get fried onions. Sweat. Clay? The most entertaining nose so far.
Taste: Ooh, not as big and bold as I suspected - and ever so slightly perfumy.
After a few minutes it appears much, much woodier - and maybe slightly smoky.
Over time it shows a lingering fruity sweetness that finally lifts it into the 80's.
Score: 82 points - there's a lot to enjoy here but the palate disappoints in the end.
Hardly subtle, this one - looking over my notes it could almost be a Bowmore or Edradour.
This puts me in an emotional limbo - I don't know if I should be happy or sad right now;
happy that I like it much than the 12yo FO, or sad that it doesn't match the old 12.
Well, actually, I feel somewhere inbetween sad and happy; let's say I feel 'sappy'...
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