Fudge. Citrus. Soft Spice.
Double Cask 12 Years Old
On the nose of our Double Cask 12 Years Old, experience aromas of fudge with candied orange and lemon, alongside vanilla and soft spice.
Milk chocolate raisins and creamy toffee on the palate is balanced with orange peel and gentle spice. The finish is medium with sweet oak.
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
Every story has its origins, every adventure a birthplace: ours begins in the oak forests of two unique places: America and Northern Europe. Through our unique and patented Cask Tracking System, The Macallan has achieved a cask chain of custody from our cooperages in Spain, through our sherry seasoning bodegas to our Speyside warehouses in Scotland.
White and red interplay in the Double Cask 12 Years Old design, where the red represents European oak and white American oak. At the centre, complexity unfolds, a collage of irregularities and overlapping letters interact.
Subtle hints of the packaging pattern and wood grain introduce depth, enhancing the overall texture. Each number over different colours represents a balance between white and red, a visual metaphor for the balance of the two oaks, whilst the two shades of red showcase the two sherry seasonings: American and European.
The Mastery of Double Cask
Matured in sherry seasoned American and European oak casks for a minimum of 12 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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