Macallan 12-year-old

Name: Macallan 12-year-old
Brand: Macallan
SKU: 13328
Rating: 85.97 (417 reviews)

Overall rating: 85.97/100
votes: 417

Whiskybase ID: WB13328
Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Macallan
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: Sherry Oak
Stated Age: 12 years old
Casktype: Sherry Oak Casks
Strength: 43.0 % Vol.
Size: 750 ml
Barcode: 087236100001
Market: United States
Added on: 29 Jan 2010 1:38 am

Average value

€ 160.00

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Whisky Reviews for Macallan 12-year-old

44 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 85.97 points

Gloin scored this whisky 85 points
18 May 2019 11:38 pm
The smell is wonderful, soft and yet full, multi-layered and harmonious. Even if the taste is a little less mild, it fits well with the impression, which one has won when smelling. Versatile, interesting and beautiful. The departure, on the other hand, disappoints, as it has a one-sided effect compared to impressions in the nose and mouth.
Still, a nice whisky and not unjustly a legend among the younger standards.

Nose

It starts with a nice aroma of ... whisky. The impressions are so interwoven that it is difficult at first to define individual ones. Cherry, caramel, earth, slightly sour, orange, semi-dry red wine, all soft and harmonious

Taste

Very light body, almost watery, medium onset, oak, coffee, burnt sugar, spicier than the nose would suggest, dried fruits, raisins, the association of leather, with time the whisky becomes milder and sweeter, from which initially black coffee becomes Milk coffee with sugar and a fine piece of chocolate

Finish

Some oak, very delicate bitterness, half bitter chocolate, distant memory of raisins
Bam scored this whisky 87 points
18 Aug 2020 9:05 pm
It has its reputation not wrongly. A very fine, well balanced and round sherry whisky.

Nose

A rather heavy, but at the same time elegant sherry scent rises from the glass. Raisins, morello cherries, grape-nut chocolate, grapefruit. Carried by a set oak note.

Taste

Middle start, oily / silky mouthfeel. Raisins, lemons, milk chocolate, red grape juice. Then slowly the oak with dark caramel, and light seasoning.

Finish

Medium length. Raisins, Caramel, Lemon, and Milk Chocolate. A fine oak note pulls the finish a little longer.
EinSpatzUnterVielen scored this whisky 86 points
20 Sep 2017 7:01 pm
A real 40% increase, all a bit more present and aromatic - very fine sherry malt, who does not like it too powerful, will find here a very elegant classic - beautiful! (The invoked very high price is not worth imho though.)

Nose

Raisins, butter toffee, caramel, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, honey, hazelnuts, milk chocolate, dates, apples, oranges, black cherries, marzipan, thick sherry notes, clover, lilac, jasmine, a touch of smoke, traces of leather, wonderfully soft and round and appetizing, much better than the 40%, very nice nose

Taste

velvety, spicy, orange, dark chocolate, turning into coffee, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, thick caramel, dark honey, vanilla, gingerbread, hazelnuts, raisins, almonds, sweet black cherries, candied apple, some cherry-tobacco, malt, always more vanilla, powdered sugar, vanilla crisp, almond croissants, all flavors fine and in good balance

Finish

medium length, slightly sweet, slightly peppery, fine fruit notes, vanilla, caramel and marzipan
ffmdino did not rate this whisky
22 Jun 2021 9:59 pm
I really liked the nose and the palate
the malt is challenging and complex

Nose

older oak, sherry, polish, mix of sweet and tart berries, old rubber, minimal leather, sweetness, slightly spicy, slightly raisins becomes stronger, slightly dark malt comes along, plus a note that I cannot name

from the 1920s: a lot of old wood, a chemical note, light paper, leather, dark waffle, pepper

Taste

oily and full on the palate
old oak, sherry, raisins, dark berries (tart currants), becomes bitter, workshop comes light, slightly dark caramel

Finish

medium to long
Sherry, spicy, a bit like oil, chemical note, becomes very tart
nallacam scored this whisky 87 points
26 Oct 2020 12:11 am
Nose

89 89

Taste

87 87

Finish

85 85
Totoro scored this whisky 86 points
25 Oct 2020 8:40 pm
Nose

88 88

Meaty, savory / umami top notes that mash very well with the spicy, big-bodied Macallan character. Very dark, with plenty of roast aromas and wood spices - I suspect a good dose of European oak. Eating morello cherries dipped in dark chocolate off a polished mahagoni table, something like that. Lovely.

Taste

86 86

Extremely spicy and dark here as well: espresso, dark chocolate, charcoal, nutmeg, cinnamon, cherry, ripe juicy oranges spiked with cloves... The extra 3 percent ABV (compared to the EU version) really deliver additional flavor. Yes, it's a bit thin, but the spicy oak creates enough of a kick on the palate to make it work. Would it be even better at 46%? Duh.

Finish

85 85

Chocolate and coffee, soft gingery spiciness, perhaps a faint idea of dried plums or figs. Here the strength strikes me as too low, as it fades out faster than I'd like.
Furosin scored this whisky 85 points
24 May 2020 8:23 pm
Nose

86 86

Sherry, raisins, cherry, plums, honey, caramel, toffee, vanilla, slightly alcoholic, fruity and sour

Taste

85 85

spicy, somewhat sweet, oak, rather easy start, sherry, raisins, dark chocolate, floral notes, pepper, vanilla, walnuts, alcohol is well integrated

Finish

84 84

medium length, chocolate, wood notes, slightly bitter, spicy
Scherenschnitte scored this whisky 83 points
20 May 2020 5:10 am
Bottled February 2018:

Macallan is a company that prioritizes their brand image over the quality of their product. It shows. From ugly new bottles to the new bullshit about "matured exclusively in hand-picked sherry seasoned oak casks from Jerez, Spain for richness and complexity"... Whatever the fuck that means… I've heard the new Macallan 12 (and 18 for that matter) are a distant shadow of the old Macallans of the past and frankly that doesn't surprise me one bit. The one thing I can tell you with certainty is that l won't be purchasing any new distillery bottling from them in the foreseeable future. ⁣
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Uninspiring and just plain average⁣

Nose

Raisins, figs, honey, toffee, mustiness, leather, vanilla. Pretty solid nose⁣

Taste

Mouthfeel is medium-thin. Creamy, spicy note immediately followed by some fruitiness, raisins, orange peel, cloves, oak influence, milk chocolate⁣

Finish

Medium-short length. Dark fruits, milk chocolate, wood spice, and a lingering vanilla note to the very end
WhiskyFan2112 scored this whisky 84 points
03 May 2020 4:28 am
Nice whisky to introduce someone to. Chocolate, raisins, nutty flavors. Perfect for cool weather.

Nose

86 86

Taste

85 85

Finish

82 82
jabguit scored this whisky 90 points
16 Mar 2020 3:33 pm

for my money this one has 90% of the toasted oak sherry character of the 18 yr., but more mouthfeel than the 18 yr. 2019 release

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