MacPhail's 50-year-old GM

Overall rating: 91.22/100
votes: 23

Category: Single Malt
Bottler: Gordon & MacPhail (GM)
Bottling serie: Single Malt
Stated Age: 50 years old
Strength: 40.0 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Label: Screw Cap
Added on: 15 May 2012 1:53 pm

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€ 1.076,80

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Whisky Reviews for MacPhail's 50-year-old GM

6 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 91.22 points

Griller76 scored this whisky 88 points
29 Nov 2018 12:46 pm
an initially quite closed whisky. He needs time in the glass to open up. At the same time it is extremely complex. It will be exciting to get involved in it again in a new tasting.

Nose

92 92

sweet sherry paired with notes of sulfur and egg liqueur alike, freshly cooked boiled beef in the vegetable broth, ripe heart cherries, warm fresh sweet cereal baby porridge, fresh belgian waffles with whipped cream, pear compote

Taste

87 87

bitter oak that is very present and is getting stronger - so much that it already overridden to the bitter as bitter cough syrup, very short very restrained sweetness, then sliding off in aromas of menthol and old cognac

Finish

86 86

For a long time a medium strong bitterness remains, old cognac notes, sedate sweet sherry, involuntary bite into a dry dry herbal bag a la Bouquet garni
ctu scored this whisky 91 points
16 Aug 2018 12:30 pm
Interesting stuff. Very slowly opening, a lot of air help to find a lovely side. But sure this is a Macallan? The age doesn't come through, and 40% ABV is a bit low, but still has a potential.

Nose

Sherry, honey, salted caramel, forest fruits and creamy peat. Herbals and negro candy.

Taste

Sherry and spicy oak. Honey, milk caramel, fruits, citruses, nutmeg and ash.

Finish

Long, spicy.
lincolnimp scored this whisky 71 points
16 Sep 2017 12:00 am
This was from an almost full bottle, I had the 2nd or 3rd dram out of it, is my palate off because I cannot understand how this is averaging into the 90`s.

Lacks body and finish but perhaps I am having an off night.I need to re taste this, to see what its like in a few days time.

Nose

81 81

Taste

67 67

Finish

67 67
lincolnimp scored this whisky 71 points
15 Sep 2017 11:57 pm
Too weak for me, no wonder Macallan let G&M have it.

Underpowered in my view and promises far more than it delivers.Am I drinking something else to the other people that scored this?

Nose

Restrained sherry, light and aromatic and also an oily/nutty smell, a little leather, cranberry, fudge an digestive biscuits.

Taste

Some bitterness there and its flat, on the back of the palate there is almost a promise of what it should taste like, with honey and biscuit. Some fudge flavours emerge and then some sweet notes on dark honey and a little chocolate.

Finish

Not the longest, and lacking to be honest.
lincolnimp scored this whisky 71 points
10 Aug 2017 9:22 am

The bottle code for this is JG/CHI
Master Quill scored this whisky 94 points
06 Feb 2016 12:07 am

Undisclosed Macallan

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