Scotland Macallan Distillery (Macallan Distillery) belongs to the Edrington Group (The Edrington Group), is a world-renowned whisky distillery. It has a long history and the whisky produced is of high quality, making it the first choice for whisky collectors. In the past few years, there was a Macallan 1926 whisky, which broke the world record for a single bottle of whiskey auction price several times, and occupied and occupied the top six of this record list (for details, see "Record! Single Bottle in the History of Human Auction" The most expensive whisky has just been born!"), this impressive achievement makes it difficult for other whiskey distilleries to match.
On July 1, 2020, the Macallan Winery released the Double Cask Range (Double Cask Range) new products, namely: Macallan Double Cask 15yo (Macallan Double Cask 15yo) and Macallan Double Cask 18 Year (Macallan Double Cask 18yo) . The
Double Cask series was born in 2016. The series uses American sherry casks and European sherry casks to brew and blend whiskey. The first Macallan Double Cask 12 Years (Macallan Double Cask 12 Years) has gained great success and market recognition.
McAllen chief winemaker Kirsteen Campbell
McAllen chief winemaker Kirsteen Campbell said: "The blending of aged wines from the American and European Sherry barrels increases the complexity of the wine body to achieve perfect taste. Balance, which is incredibly exciting for the entire brewing team."
"Double barrels for 15 years, the delicate and indulgent tastes of honey, citrus and chocolate brought by American oak barrels have balanced the Macallan. Traditional fruit, sherry and woody spice flavor characteristics."
"The 18-year-old Macallan double barrel has a more complex taste. The flavor of raisins cleverly balances the pungency of the original liquor."
It can be seen that the double barrels for 15 and 18 years have adopted the mixing process of refilling American Oloroso sherry barrels and European Oloroso sherry barrels . The wine is aged in the two barrels for more than 15 years and then mixed The original wine is mixed and blended.
uses high-quality sherry oak barrels to age the liquor, which is the most important quality in Macallan single malt malt. . The oak barrels used in the Double Cask wine come from northern Spain and the French Pyrenees. Wood, and new oak barrels from Ohio, Missouri and Kentucky. After
is shipped to Spain, the barrels are made by hand and infiltrated with sherry to make the barrels full of sherry flavor, and then shipped to a Scottish winery for whisky aging.
American Shirley oak barrels impart vanilla, citrus and oak aromas to the liquor, while traditional Spanish Shirley oak barrels impart dried fruit and spice flavors. The reconciliation of the two is a perfect fusion of the characteristics of the two sherry barrels. The taste is complex, round and full, and delicate and sweet, which is very expectant.
The alcohol content of the Macallan 15 and 18 double bottled whiskeys is 43%. The suggested retail price for 15 years is 100 pounds ($125). The recommended retail price for Macallan 18 year large bottles is 250 pounds (313 US dollars). New products of this series of wines are expected to be launched in China in August, so stay tuned.
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