The Macallan Sherry Oak 18 Years
The Macallan icon. 100% barley, aged for at least eighteen years in Spanish sherry casks, deep amber in color. Dried fruit, nuts, orange, ginger and oak: a whisky to discover slowly.
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Sherry Oak 18 Years is made from 100% malted barley and aged for at least eighteen years in European oak casks seasoned with Spanish sherry. This makes it the older sibling of Sherry Oak 12: the same choice of wood, but six years longer. Those extra years give it a deep amber color and a complex flavor of dried fruit, nuts and spices.
While the 12 is especially velvety and fruity, the 18 reveals more layers: orange, ginger and oak join the mix, and it's bottled at 43% instead of 40%. It's one of the most sought-after whiskies in the world and a firm favorite among collectors. It comes in year-dated editions, such as the 2025.
At a glance
Deep, spicy and full of dried fruit
Dried fruit and nuts
Complex aromas of dried fruit and nuts, with spices that slowly unfold.
Orange and ginger
Full and rich, with orange, ginger and spices layered over sherry and oak.
Long and dry
A long, drier finish with lingering oak and spices.
Flavor profile of Sherry Oak 18 Years neat. Spicier and drier than the Double Cask 18.
Taste like a collector
This whisky deserves a quiet moment and a good glass. Take your time with the aromas; that's half the pleasure.
Smell in three steps
30 ml in a tulip-shaped tasting glass. Smell first at the rim, then in the middle, then deep in the glass: this reveals spices, dried fruit and nuts in turn. Keep your mouth slightly open.
Glass: tasting glass →Alongside the Sherry Oak 12
If you have both bottles, pour them side by side. The same wood, six years apart: you can taste exactly what time does to sherry, fruit and oak.
Sherry Oak 12 →A drop of water, no more
Add one or two drops of water halfway through. The orange and ginger become more pronounced. Leave the ice in the freezer: it takes away the complexity.
Glass: tasting glass →Cocktails? Keep it simple
A Sherry Oak 18 in a cocktail is a choice, not a necessity. If you do, stick to classics with no more than three ingredients.
Old Fashioned
Whisky, a sugar cube and bitters. The orange zest picks up the orange notes in the whisky.
Manhattan
Whisky, sweet vermouth and bitters. With Sherry Oak 18, it becomes a velvety, luxurious version.
Godfather
Whisky with a splash of amaretto. Nuts with nuts.
All whisky cocktails
For when you want to mix a younger Macallan: all the whisky cocktails in one place.The right glass for Sherry Oak 18
A tulip-shaped tasting glass with a narrow rim gathers the complex aromas. A crystal tumbler for the Old Fashioned and a coupe for the Manhattan.
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