Macallan Harmony Collection Green Meadow 70cl

If you like your single malt with layers you can keep chasing, Macallan Harmony Collection Green Meadow is a seriously fun rabbit hole. It’s the kind of whisky that starts gentle, then keeps unfolding, like stepping from a tidy garden path into tall grass and wildflowers.

• Nose: Fresh meadow-like sweetness, soft vanilla, green apple, and a little honeyed cereal, with a light floral lift.
• Taste: Creamy malt, toffee, baked orchard fruit, and a touch of spice that builds slowly, think cinnamon and ginger rather than peppery heat.
• Finish: Long and cosy, drifting from sweet malt and vanilla into gentle oak and lingering fruit.

This bottle shines when you want a pour that feels bright at the start but still has enough depth to stay interesting past the first sip. It’s not a one-note dessert dram, and it’s not a smoke bomb either. Instead, it sits in that satisfying middle zone where you can pick out something new every time, especially if you give it a minute in the glass.

It also makes a great “conversion” whisky for someone who thinks Scotch is all fire and wood. The flavours here lean toward orchard fruit, malt sweetness, and warming spice, so it comes across as welcoming without being boring. If you’re the friend who loves bringing one bottle that gets everyone talking, this does the job.

How to drink it: Start neat to catch the fresher, greener notes up front, then add a few drops of water to open up more vanilla, fruit, and that soft spice. If you’re building a home bar, this is a strong pick for the “special but not scary” slot, the one you reach for when you want to slow down and pay attention.

Since it’s a single malt whisky, everything in the glass comes from one distillery, so you get a clear, consistent style rather than a blended mash-up. That’s why it’s such a satisfying sip for exploring complexity, you’re tasting one house character, just stretched across different flavours.

Fun Fact: The Macallan launched the Harmony Collection as a series focused on sustainability, and each release leans into a specific sensory theme, with packaging materials designed to give new life to what would normally be discarded.