This is a very medium, slightly creamy, easy drinking Scotch whisky. What I found was that the vanilla is very present, along with some very slight salty caramel and some light sherry flavors. In theory, the American oak brings more vanilla type flavors, while the European oak brings more dried fruit flavors. The entire palate experience is near the back of the mouth concluding on the roof of the mouth at the back with some small action along the back sides of the tongue. The liquid has a very slight oily/creamy mouthfeel, but it is not a dominant characteristic. There are notes of light honey, light oak on top of some nuttiness. The nose is soft and faint, even at an 86 proof, with only a very slight burn if pursued aggressively. The legs are short and thin and quick to drain to the bottom of the glass. In the bottle, the whisky reflects a deep amber color (all natural), showing some of its sherry cask influence, while in the glass it appears as more of a deep golden color.

The sherry influences is a common factor, but the two different types of oak offer separate sets of core, wood flavors to the whisky. The Macallan 12 Year Old Double Cask is aged in sherry casks made from both American and European oak. Even so, the distillery also turns out some affordable and desirable expressions, and the new 12 Year Old Double Cask is an example. Many of the worldвЂ™s most expensive whiskies are made by The Macallan, a reflection of their devotion to quality, their patience in produced aged single malts, and some solid marketing. ItвЂ™s not hard to see how The Macallan cultivated its place among the Speyside distilleries.

A single acre produces about 2.5 tons of barley, sufficient to produce about 1,800 bottles of The Macallan Whisky.ДЄnother old practice is the distilleryвЂ™s tight cuts at their unusually small stills, one that gives rise to a statistic people from The Macallan enjoy trotting out: only about 16% of a still run goes into the casks. Part of the estate is still farmed for an heirloom variety of barley, the harvest still used (along with other sources) in making the malt whisky. It is these oak casks that make the greatest contribution to the quality, natural colour and distinctive aromas and flavours which lie at the heart of The Macallan single malt.Visitors to The Macallan estate will find many things that are still done the way they were in 1824, when the distillery was founded. Once filled, the maturing spirit remains undisturbed in the same casks for the necessary number of years it needs to be worthy of its destined Macallan expression. It is the oak that makes the greatest contribution to the quality, natural colour and distinctive aromas and flavours at the heart of this single malt whisky. Sourced, crafted, toasted and seasoned under the watchful eye of the Master of Wood, the hand-picked casks are delivered to the demanding specifications of the Whisky Mastery Team. Our reputation for the extraordinary is characterised by the exceptional oak casks for which The Macallan is renowned. It is an expression of our enduring desire to go beyond ordinary, to seek out the extraordinary, and create peerless single malts. Every Macallan single malt reveals the unrivalled commitment to the mastery of wood and spirit for which The Macallan has been known since it was established in 1824.

Macallan whiskey 12 year