The Macallan 12 yo Sherry Oak Cask

 

 

 

40°

Distillery : The Macallan - Speyside

Sherry Seasoned Casks from Jerez

Original Bottling 

Core Range 

Single Malt 

Launched in 2004

Unchillfiltered, Uncoloured

Totally Unpeated

 

 

 

The 12 yo Sherry Oak Cask came up in 2004 apparently, along with a 10 year old of the same name. Only the 10-year-old was discontinued in 2013, while the 12-year-old survived. The idea is to operate a single maturation, which is rare at Macallan. And of course these are Spanish Sherry casks from Jerez, certainly Oloroso.

 

 

 

Let's Taste It : 

The Sherry is more intense, more acute, on dried fruits, grapes, prunes, figs, apricots, bananas. Fresh leather, cinnamon and caramel, it is round, mellow, elegant, compoted, greedy. Some exotic fruits, pineapple and papaya, passion fruit pulp, grapefruit zest. The oak is very elegant, very intense, varnished beams, bark covered with moss. On the palate, it remains light, but expressive. Quinces, conference pears, rhubarb. A few drops of lemon, well-managed spices. Long finish, powerful but which knows how to behave, dry earth, fudge, it becomes vegetal, heather, blood orange, nuts.

 

In Short, 

I prefer this one to the Double Cask, the Sherry is more intense, deeper. The quality of the casks is incredible, and the price would almost be justified if the alcohol content was not so low. Reduced to 40°, the palate is too light for me.

Score : 87

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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                                           Dexter Gordon - Body and Soul