Double Cask 18 Years Old, 2026 Release
Matured for 18 years in the perfect balance of sherry seasoned American and European oak casks.
The Macallan Double Cask 18 Years Old is characterised by the perfect combination of European and American oak casks, seasoned with sherry wine in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.
Toffee. Sweet Ginger. Sultanas.
Double Cask 18 Years Old, 2026 Release
This expression, released annually, is an impeccably balanced, distinctive single malt with a sweeter character due to the influence of sherry seasoned European and American oak maturation.
Each cask selected in this expression has spent its entire maturation period of almost two decades exclusively in sherry seasoned oak casks.
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
Once our casks are approved, they travel to our sherry bodegas, where grapes grow in the albariza soil of Jerez. Once in the bodegas, the casks are filled with a variety of dry sherry and left to rest and season. This is a fundamental period where the essence of Jerez wine, sherry, meets oak, with the wood absorbing the sweet wine and resulting in remarkable flavours.
During maturation, The Macallan new make spirit mingles with the sherry seasoned oak to deliver its unique and exceptional character.
Two red dots alongside the cask icon emphasise the transformative power of sherry in this Double Cask 18 Years Old visual.
The grid is saturated with a deep, liquid red, and a white frame surrounds a red body, encircling a white core, capturing the intricate balance of casks. The grape graphic references sherry grapes and seasoning across the red background.
The Mastery of Double Cask
Matured in sherry seasoned American and European oak casks for a minimum of 18 years, this release delivers the perfect balance of classic The Macallan single malt style from European oak and the unmistakable sweet interlude of American oak.
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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