The Macallan Sherry Oak 12 Years
The classic Macallan: twelve years exclusively in sherry-seasoned oak casks from Jerez. Fuller and darker than the Double Cask 12, with dried fruit, spices and oak, and a velvety texture.
Twelve years in nothing but sherry wood
Sherry Oak 12 Years is the whisky that made Macallan's name. The difference from the more popular Double Cask 12 comes entirely down to the wood: while Double Cask also uses American oak, Sherry Oak matures exclusively in sherry-seasoned European oak casks from Jerez. This creates a rich, intense malt with a deep golden color.
The result is fuller and more classic. The vanilla and honey that take center stage in the Double Cask give way here to dried fruit, spices and oak. Both are twelve years old and bottled at 40%; anyone who finds the Double Cask too mild will find more depth in the Sherry Oak.
At a glance
Velvet, fruit and oak
Complex, with vanilla
Rich, complex aromas of dried fruit and sherry, with a hint of vanilla underneath.
Velvety
A velvety, medium-bodied whisky with a fine balance of fruit, oak and spices.
Sweet dried fruit
A lingering finish of sweet dried fruit, wood and spices.
Tasting profile of Sherry Oak 12 Years neat. Drier and darker than the Double Cask 12.
How to taste Sherry Oak 12
A whisky for after dinner, neat or with a few drops of water. Try it alongside a Double Cask 12: you’ll immediately taste what the wood does.
Alongside Double Cask 12
Pour 20 ml Sherry Oak 12 and 20 ml Double Cask 12 into two tasting glasses. Smell them alternately: vanilla and honey in one, dried fruit and oak in the other. The best lesson in sherry casks there is.
Glass: tasting glass →With a drop of water
30 ml in a tulip glass and two or three drops of room-temperature water. The fruit and spices open up, and the 40% becomes even smoother.
Glass: tasting glass →In a Manhattan
50 ml Sherry Oak 12, 25 ml sweet vermouth, and 2 dashes of bitters, stirred over ice and strained into a chilled coupe. The sherry blends seamlessly with the vermouth.
Manhattan recipe →Dark, stirred cocktails with Sherry Oak
If you mix it, use it in cocktails where dried fruit and oak play a part. Not sours, but stirred classics.
Manhattan
Whisky, sweet vermouth, and bitters. Rich and fruity with Sherry Oak.
Boulevardier
Whisky, Campari, and sweet vermouth. The sherry rounds out the bitterness.
Godfather
Whisky with amaretto over ice. Dried fruit and almond, dessert in a glass.
Scotch Coffee
Hot coffee, brown sugar, and thick cream, with Sherry Oak instead of Irish whiskey.The right glass for Sherry Oak 12
A tulip-shaped tasting glass to concentrate the fruit and sherry, a coupe for the Manhattan, and a heavy tumbler for the Godfather.
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