Double Cask 30 Years Old, 2025 Release
A rare and precious single malt whisky.
The pinnacle of the Double Cask Collection, this rare and precious single malt whisky offers a multi-layered sensorial journey. Perfectly balanced by American and European oak, each cask is crafted by our expert coopers and seasoned with sherry wine in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. The result is a smooth and creamy whisky of exceptional depth and character.
Vanilla. Cinnamon. Orchard Fruits.
Double Cask 30 Years Old, 2025 Release
A rare and precious single malt whisky, matured for three decades in a perfect balance of sherry seasoned American and European oak casks.
This exceptional whisky reveals an exquisite flavour profile of cinnamon, vanilla and orchard fruits, showcasing the depth and complexity that only time and craftsmanship can achieve.
The Experience
Colour
“The Macallan Double Cask Collection celebrates the perfect balance of our exceptional sherry seasoned American and European oak casks showcasing our entirely natural colour. This harmonious combination, offers the unmistakable sweetness of vanilla and fresh fruits from the American oak, balanced with soft spices and dried fruits from the European oak. Increasing in complexity with age, discerning palates will appreciate the smooth and creamy whiskies of this collection.”
Kirsteen Campbell
Master Whisky Maker
Double Cask and David Carson
The Macallan Double Cask Collection celebrates the perfect union of our exceptional sherry seasoned American and European oak casks, crafted and seasoned in our cooperages and bodegas in Jerez de la Frontera. This balance delivers a smooth and creamy single malt of exception.
The story of two woods. Each, along with the vital influence of sherry used to season the casks, imparts distinctive flavour and natural colour, delivering a smooth and creamy single malt of exception and a multi-layered sensorial experience.
The Macallan reimagined is seen through the lens of artistic translator, David Carson, and celebrates the journey of our sherry seasoned oak casks.
Stories Behind the Artwork
In this artwork by David Carson, the European oak is represented on the left, the American oak on the right. Textures and colours serve as a raw expression of the whisky's sophistication. Two "double cask" texts, with overlapping letters arranged in a curious fashion, create a sense of complexity and nuance that is present in this special single malt. Oak logs and grapevine leaves illustrations are printed on aged paper, to convey craftsmanship and the idea of the time it takes to create this spirit.
The Double Cask 30 Years Old celebrates the balance of sherry seasoned American and European oak casks, showcasing vibrant golden hues and delivering a perfect balance of sweet and spicy notes. The American oak brings vanilla and fruity sweetness, while the European oak adds soft spices and dried fruits. Together - a harmonious balance.
The Mastery of Double Cask
Matured exclusively in sherry seasoned American and European oak casks, this release delivers the perfect balance of single malt style classic to The Macallan and the unmistakable sweet interlude of American oak. The Macallan Whisky Mastery Team identifies specific casks matured for a minimum period of thirty years, expertly bringing them together to produce this exceptional single malt with a sweet, warm character.
First launched in 2016, The Macallan Double Cask Collection sits perfectly between our Sherry Oak Collection and Colour Collection.
The Artistic Translator
Meet David Carson
We have partnered with David Carson across The Macallan Timeless Collections. We asked him to go beyond the world of digital design and work with his hands again, using paper, paint and elements from nature, making each art piece unique and unrepeatable. His unconventional and incomparable style characterised by freedom spreads, overlapping photos, mixed and altered fonts and a total rejection of the grid brought him worldwide acclaim and transformed the design industry forever. He remains to this day resolutely grid free, unrivalled in his creativity and devoted to his craft.
Sherry Seasoned Excellence
The Macallan’s exceptional European and American oak casks spend time in our Spanish bodegas during which time they are filled with sherry wine to season them.
Over the coming months, sherry wine gently rests within the exceptional oak casks. These sherry seasoned oak casks are then emptied, and transported to our Distillery here in Speyside, Scotland. Upon arrival at The Macallan Estate, these exceptional sherry seasoned oak casks are filled with our robust and fruity new make spirit.
Over years our whiskies will mature, drawing aromas, flavour and natural colour from these sherry seasoned oak casks. An exceptional story of sherry and wood.
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