Macallan Rare Cask Black

Name: Macallan Rare Cask Black
Brand: Macallan
SKU: 72549
Rating: 87.63 (150 reviews)

Overall rating: 87.63/100
votes: 150

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Macallan
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: 1824 Masters Series
Bottled: 2015
Casktype: 1st Fill Sherry European & American Oak Casks
Strength: 48.0 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml 750 ml
Bottle code: L0085WL21
Barcode: 5010314302467
Added on: 03 Oct 2015 9:27 am by St. Pauli

Average value

€ 479.00

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Whisky Reviews for Macallan Rare Cask Black

12 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 87.63 points

WhiskyCask did not rate this whisky
17 Dec 2015 1:20 pm

Is it a peated sherry bomb or a sherried peat monster?You can read the full review at: http://maltandoak.com/macallan-meets-islay-a-peated-macallan-at-an-airport-near-you/
EvilAFI scored this whisky 90 points
11 Sep 2020 3:39 am
For us that enjoy peated islays and sherry bombs individually, this was a treat and fun experience. Macallan sherry works well with this level of peat, intermingling and never over powering it is balanced wonderfully (as one comes to expect with Macallan)

Nose

90 90

Musty sherry, gummy bears, subtle peat, I get a tinge of grape leather tanginess I often find in wine/peat combos, light spice/char, toasted orange

Taste

91 91

Ahh there is the peat! A smoky bowmore esq, mixed with Macallan sherry! 2nd sip invites Vanilla’s & spiciness to the smoke and sweetness, light salinity

Finish

89 89

Drying, grape jelly sweetness, rounded now but a nice peat/spice warmth keeps this from being short
Calmar scored this whisky 89 points
22 Jul 2020 3:50 pm
An excellent example of a sherry bomb - powerful, rich, full bouquet of sherry aged derivatives, juicy, well-balanced, excellent drinkability is attached, but not a masterpiece, but relatively young, but, as they say, to each his own.

Nose

Open, damp, wet boards, furniture varnish, sweet creamy notes - toffee, fudge, boiled condensed milk; raisins, caramel, light earthy tones, prunes, homemade marshmallows, dried apples, dried apricots, milk chocolate, pipe tobacco, leather goods.

Taste

Powerful, rich, mix of caramel sweetness and oak-furniture tones, coffee, chocolate, raisins, leather goods, flavored pipe tobacco, cola, notes of stout, a little ginger, orange peel.

Finish

Spicy, refreshing, oak, coffee, chocolate, cola, prunes, notes of velvety dark beer, light metallic sourness, sharp mineral shades.
BenStanley scored this whisky 98 points
26 Apr 2020 4:56 pm

When peat and rich sherry come together its always a perfection.
Not cheap, but nice experience from Macallan
PEATYBOI scored this whisky 83 points
13 Nov 2019 11:35 am

Fruity sherry dram with peat and oak influence. Also hints of nuts on the palate. Not exactly with all these flavours as the manner in which they were delivered fell quite flat. Jack of all trades, a master of none.
gallfux did not rate this whisky
23 Sep 2019 6:00 pm
Certainly not a bad malt. The high price but he does not justify the taste. I would have blindly attributed the smoke to the oak. Which is not a criticism now. For the price of a whisky but already kick. He does not really do that. For me, only a good Sherrymalt.

Nose

The sherry is here, of course. Aronia honey. Raisins. Plum compote with possibly a little cinnamon. Zwetschegenmarmelade. Also removes orange peel. Then nuts. The smoke I take rather than aromatic oak notes and roasted aromas was. Again and again a bit mineral notes. After the first sips now less fruity, but oakier. The fruits are also slightly sour.

Taste

Honey again in the mouth. But now more forest honey. After that again the red fruits. Here they come to me but slightly lighter than in the nose. Snot groats. Blood orange. Then it tingles. Some white pepper. The oak starts. Liquorice.

Finish

In fact something like slightly cold smoke. It is getting drier. Oranges with cloves. Tree bark.
MrYens scored this whisky 89 points
14 Jan 2019 7:51 pm
Achany scored this whisky 88 points
17 Jul 2017 10:40 am
sherry! hints of nuts, dark fruits, moldy, orangepeels, some herbs, some dark plums, raisins, just wonderful, there is also quite an intense but nice peppery spiciness, which adds to the complexity quite nicely. Really nice stuff. the Macallan premium price tag is something you would have to like but this dram is all right!
- Nose
  
  88 88
- Taste
  
  90 90
- Finish
  
  87 87
StyrianSpirit scored this whisky 92 points
14 Jun 2017 5:16 pm
You can already tell that Macallan can sherry whisky and has a reputation to lose. The delicate hint of smoke gives the whole thing a very nice kick, the oily and tingling mouthfeel is really wonderful, the departure accordingly memorable. I have to apologize a little, I would not have expected this Macallan so well. A top whisky, no doubt.

Nose

In the glass is the Macallan of impressively beautiful dark bronze. And at the Macallan everything is real, he is undyed. The smell: From the whisky glass on the one hand light smoke is immediately felt, next to the sherry and baked apple notes in the foreground. A very nice nose - and the complementary delicate-spicy smoke makes things even more interesting and enriches the scenery immensely. The second and third smells are joined by oak flavors to the smoky, fresh-brewed dark-fruit bouquet.

Taste

In the mouth of the Rare Cask Black comes very oily and pleasantly tingling. Again, the fresh pastry and sherry are in the foreground, the smokiness is something to the side, also the dark fruits. The oak flavors combine perfectly with the last tingle. The Rare Cask Black actually looks very old, although it is an age-old NAS whisky too. Which, as one notices, must be nothing bad.

Finish

The finale is full and warming long, here again combine all the flavors and the old ones like oak, sherry and dark berries play the main role now.
Deloti scored this whisky 82 points
23 Oct 2016 12:53 am
not very consistent dram. Still enjoyable but really not worth the ridiculous tag price

Nose

80 80

Sherry takes the upper hand. Notes of citrus and dusty oak. there´s sharpness to it.

Taste

83 83

More bitter and sharper than the nose. Dust, smoky wood, citrus, vanilla, rocks. peat not present

Finish

82 82

medium. Pepper, nutmeg, light peat

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