Macallan Lumina

Name: Macallan Lumina
Brand: Macallan
SKU: 102232
Rating: 79.8 (150 reviews)

Overall rating: 79.80/100
votes: 150

Whiskybase ID: WB102232
Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Macallan
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Quest Collection
Bottled: 2017
Casktype: European and American Sherry Oak Casks
Strength: 41.3 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Barcode: 5010314305116
Bottled for: Global Travel Retail Exclusive
Added on: 14 oct 2017 12:09 pm by whisk-O-thek

Average value

€ 140.35

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Whisky Reviews for Macallan Lumina

18 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 79.80 points

Hemdl scored this whisky 77 points
06 oct 2019 8:09 pm

In the nose, really, really appealing.

The taste and the finish but something of flat and boring - unbelievable. The current price (just under 85 €) can be described as impudence.
Drochaid scored this whisky 85 points
17 feb 2018 4:33 pm

The Macallan Lumina was made from Speyside Whisky, aged in American sherry oak barrels, as well as in European sherry oak barrels. Here, the European oak barrels had three different sizes. In the taste for more aroma, oak, wood and vanilla.
LukasJakubDrabek scored this whisky 77 points
14 may 2022 1:23 pm

The scent is quite nice and reminds me a bit of the independent version of Macallan by Gordon & MacPhail that I have open now (WB156239). But that's about all the positives about this whisky. It's much worse in taste. It's not a classic sherry liquor (as in the case of Macallan Enigma), but it's not good either. Wood, sweetness, caramel and a hint of sherry effect (I guess "oloroso"). That's practically everything. And the finish is also quite woody.

Adding a little water will make it an even worse, basically unbearable and disgusting affair, from which tannins climb for a hundred hunts. Simple, young and - how else but - overpriced whisky from Macallan distillery. In other words, no surprises.

All in all, 10yo Fine Oak still remains the best official filling from this distillery for me. And the best Macallan ever by far is the independent performance mentioned above.
molpet scored this whisky 78 points
25 apr 2022 10:37 pm
Pathetic rating for a pathetic and overprised whisky. What's fair, that's fair! The best part about this whisky is the gift box. This pretty much sums it up.

Nose

77 77

Weak attempt of sherry aromas.

Taste

78 78

Thin/watery, mediocre, forgettable, simplistic, one-dimensional, make your pick!

Finish

79 79

Nothing to write home about. Short, boring and disengaging.
Caballa scored this whisky 79 points
15 apr 2022 8:00 pm
Matured in American oak and European oak barrels seasoned with sherry.
No age statement.

Nose

Fruit, Sweet, Apple, Floral, Sherry, Vanilla.

Taste

Oak, Fruit, Sweet, Sherry, Apple, Pear.

Finish

Sherry, Spices, Malt, Sweet, Oak.
WhiskeyMaster scored this whisky 83 points
22 jan 2022 9:33 pm
Nose

85 85

Taste

82 82

Finish

82 82
ffmdino did not rate this whisky
21 dec 2021 9:08 pm
a simple and soligenous malt
for Macallan rather average, as it lacks the sherry influence for me

Nose

sweet candy, light light caramel, vanilla, dark malt, oak is coming, sweetness, light sherry,

Taste

light and soft
tart, nutty, slightly chemical note, caramel, spicy, older malt, milk chocolate + nuts, vanilla is coming

Finish

rather short
tart, milk chocolate, warm, slightly vanilla
Hoorhay scored this whisky 62 points
27 nov 2021 11:36 pm

too young and not enjoyable
GLEN MAUR scored this whisky 80 points
29 dec 2019 9:10 pm
Nose

81 81

Taste

80 80

Finish

78 78
WhiskyJpg scored this whisky 78 points
13 dec 2019 3:19 pm
Nose

78 78

Taste

78 78

Finish

77 77
YuraLM scored this whisky 81 points
16 mar 2019 10:26 am
Nose

84 84

Candied fruits, sherry, sugar powder, grape, exotic fruits, nuts notes. At the end fresh plum

Taste

80 80

Sherry, sugar powder, grape, not saturated

Finish

80 80

Short lasting, sherry, grape, sugar powder
corbuso scored this whisky 79 points
07 dec 2018 3:05 pm

A rather thin and weak version of Macallan, with some spices and light floral and fragrant flavours...
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LiquidThoughts scored this whisky 82 points
23 sep 2018 2:34 pm
Joa, like all NAS Mac, he suffers from subtle miscarriages that come from all the stuff ...

Nose

Candied juice pear, red apple, honey, toffee, brown sugar, glue, laminate floor, some chocolate, hazelnut, young tannins

Taste

Brown sugar, young, spicy oak, hazelnut, chestnut, red apple, nutmeg, caraway, laminate, soap, honey, dry grapefruit

Finish

Some malt, young oak, sweetness, nutmeg, caraway, citrus zest
Achany scored this whisky 83 points
20 sep 2018 10:29 am
Nose was a bit shy at first, sweet, some vanilla, all right. some traces of dark fruits, some milk chocolate as well. nice but very gentle spices, not overly complex, but still a fine dram to drink. We bought and drank a bottle of this malt on the ferry from Ijmuiden to Newcastle and for that trip it was just perfect

Nose

82 82

Taste

84 84

Finish

83 83
baldandbeardy scored this whisky 77 points
27 aug 2018 3:08 pm
Nose

80 80

Taste

70 70

Finish

80 80
maltaholic scored this whisky 78 points
16 aug 2018 12:29 am

Spicy, woody.

Some aftertaste in the mouth. Can not say exactly what that should be.
The oak note predominates in taste.

Not spectacular, but ok.
The Macallan scored this whisky 79 points
17 jun 2018 4:49 pm
A nice touch of subtle Macallan flavors, it reminded me of the Macallan Elegancia but less intense.
- Nose
  
  78 78
- Taste
  
  80 80
- Finish
  
  78 78
AlainMalt09 scored this whisky 77 points
29 may 2018 4:21 pm
- Nose
  
  77 77
- Taste
  
  78 78
- Finish
  
  76 76

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