Ew, sulphur alert! Definitely a gassy, cabbage-like top note that I've also previously encountered in some Tomatins, Tomintouls and Juras. This could stem from spirit sulphur or sherry casks treated with sulphur candles; since the Macallan distillate is usually immaculate, I'm going with the latter: a deficient cask. The nose is pretty much ruined by this, I'm afraid to say. You can still detect the Macallan distillery character behind the sulphury off note, but it's a struggle.
Sadly, the palate is affected as well, especially the initial attack. Pity, really, because this has a good body and the juiciness that is typical for the age.
The finish is lackluster as well, missing any and all cocoa / coffee notes. Instead, there's a residual alcoholic whiff along some sweetness and slight acidity.

I really wanted to like this, especially since I absolutely adore the 18-year-old Speymalt bottlings, but in all honesty, this is crap.

Can that be called Macallan? An absolute disappointment across the board. Extremely flat and meaningless. No profile, no sherry, no distillery character. It's good that I only tried 2cl.

very nice, did not expect this would be that good

Full review on my blog :

http://blogwwb.blogspot.fr/2017/04/macallan-2007-2016-gordon-mcphail-43.html

http://whiskyclub-fs.de/2016/09/02/whisky-vorstellung-macallan-speymalt-2007-gordon-macphail-43vol/