The Macallan Double Cask 15 Years
Three years older and a touch stronger than the Double Cask 12. Matured for at least fifteen years in sherry-seasoned casks made from American and European oak: vanilla, citrus and butterscotch, with soft spices and a warm, sweet balance.
Two types of oak, fifteen years of patience
Double Cask 15 Years matures for at least fifteen years in sherry-seasoned casks made from two types of oak. American oak gives soft notes of vanilla, citrus and butterscotch, while European oak adds subtle spices. The casks are combined only after those fifteen years.
Compared with the Double Cask 12, this whisky has more depth and more power: 43% instead of 40%. Those extra percentage points give it a fuller mouthfeel and a longer finish. The color is completely natural and comes only from the wood. Its character remains typically Double Cask: sweet, warm and approachable, but more mature.
In brief
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 slowly fade.
Tasting profile of Double Cask 15 Years neat. An ice cube makes it sweeter, while water brings out the citrus and vanilla more.
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
30 ml in a tulip-shaped tasting glass; let it rest for a few minutes. Smell gently first for the vanilla and citrus, then taste in small sips for the butterscotch and spices.
Glass: tasting glass →Over one large ice cube
40 ml over one large, clear ice cube in a heavy tumbler. It melts slowly, cooling the whisky without making it watery. 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 ideal for classics in which whisky takes centre stage. Keep it simple.
Old Fashioned
Whisky, sugar, bitters and an orange zest. The vanilla from the American oak 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 rounded and smooth.
Rusty Nail
Scotch with Drambuie over ice. Honey and spices pair with the sweet Double Cask.The right glass for Double Cask 15
A tulip-shaped tasting glass for drinking neat, a heavy crystal tumbler for ice or whisky stones, and a lower whisky glass for an Old Fashioned.
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