The Macallan Double Cask 15 Years
Three years older and a touch stronger than the Double Cask 12. Aged for at least fifteen years in sherry-seasoned American and European oak casks: vanilla, citrus and butterscotch, with gentle spices and a warm, sweet balance.
Two types of oak, fifteen years of patience
The Double Cask 15 Years matures for at least fifteen years in sherry-seasoned casks made from two types of oak. American oak brings soft notes of vanilla, citrus and butterscotch, while European oak adds subtle spices. Only after those fifteen years are the casks blended.
Compared with the Double Cask 12, this whisky has more depth and strength: 43% instead of 40%. Those extra percentage points give it a fuller mouthfeel and a longer finish. Its color is completely natural and comes only from the wood. The character remains typically Double Cask: sweet, warm and approachable, but more mature.
At a glance
Sweet and warm, with a spicy edge
Vanilla and citrus
Soft vanilla and citrus from the American oak, with butterscotch in the background.
Butterscotch and spices
Sweet and rounded, with butterscotch and subtle spices from the European oak. The 43% gives it more texture than the 12.
Warm and balanced
A warm, sweet finish in which the spices gradually fade.
Flavor profile of Double Cask 15 Years neat. An ice cube makes it sweeter, while water brings out the citrus and vanilla.
Three ways to taste Double Cask 15
Macallan recommends drinking it neat, but ice or whisky stones are also fine. Whatever you choose, take your time.
Neat
Pour 30 ml into a tulip-shaped tasting glass and let it sit for a few minutes. Smell gently first for the vanilla and citrus, then take small sips to taste the butterscotch and spices.
Glass: tasting glass →Over one large ice cube
Pour 40 ml over one large, clear ice cube in a heavy tumbler. It melts slowly, chilling the whisky without watering it down. Sweeter and fresher than neat.
Tumblers →With whisky stones
If you want it chilled but undiluted, place two or three chilled whisky stones in a tumbler and pour 40 ml over them. This keeps the 43% ABV intact.
Whisky glasses →Classics for Double Cask 15
The vanilla and butterscotch make this bottle well suited to classics where whisky takes center stage. Keep it simple.
Old Fashioned
Whisky, sugar, bitters, and an orange zest. The American oak's vanilla comes through beautifully.
Penicillin
Scotch, lemon, honey, and ginger. The spices in the 15 pair well with the ginger.
Whisky Sour
Whisky, lemon, sugar, and egg white. Butterscotch and citrus make it smooth and mellow.
Rusty Nail
Scotch with Drambuie over ice. Honey and spices complement the sweet Double Cask.The right glass for Double Cask 15
A tulip-shaped tasting glass for sipping neat, a heavy crystal tumbler for ice or whisky stones, and a shorter whisky glass for an Old Fashioned.
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