Macallan The Harmony Collection Guardian Oak - 700ml

Nose:

Do you know the hard strawberry-flavoured candies with a liquid inside? That note is very present here for me and it does strike some very nice memories (of trips to my grandparents as a child haha). It’s paired with hints of nutmeg and cinnamon, cupcakes with a large helping of icing and freshly toasted bread. Almonds, damp moss, old leather and pipe tobacco are all to be found as well. Making the nose of this dram a whirlwind of exciting aroma’s. I find my thoughts drifting away long before I even take a sip, lovely!

Palate:

A syrup like texture hits the palate with flavours of strawberry jelly, mascharino cherries and salmiak liquorice. Upon giving it a swirl it’s liquorice root tea that hits me first, slowly making way for deeper lying flavours of white pepper, maple syrup and manuka honey. Freshly baked biscuits with brown sugar and a light dusting of lemon zest round this dram of beautifully. The image that strikes me most is that of the cookies you used to lick, but could also dip in your tea. In Dutch we just call them “likkoekjes” Or Lickcookies haha. Perhaps an odd thing to think of while sipping whisky, but the flavours are all there!

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