DOUBLE CASK 18 YEARS OLD, 2024 RELEASE

The Macallan Double Cask Collection is a complex sensorial journey. Beautifully balanced by European and American Oak, each cask is sherry seasoned in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.

We are delighted to share that Double Cask 18 Years Old, 2024 Release is now available to purchase from our Online Boutique with limited availability.

With golden hues heightening the colour of the whisky and reflecting the key flavour notes of treacle toffee, sweet ginger, dried fruits and nutmeg, this expression stands proud as a marker of extraordinary craftsmanship.

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TASTING NOTES

EXPLORE COLOUR, NOSE, PALATE & FINISH

COLOUR Amber honey
AROMA Dried fruit, ginger and toffee. Rich orange with hints of clove and nutmeg
PALATE Rich raisin and sultana with notes of caramel, vanilla and ginger, balanced by wood spice and zesty citrus
FINISH Warm oak spice with ginger, turning to sweet orange
ABV 43%

2011 Glenglassaugh 11 Year Old “Single Cask #4778” Pedro Ximenez Sherry Butt Highland Single Malt Whisky (700ml) (Pre-Arrival)

$129.99

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*Please note this is being sold on a pre-arrival basis. These bottles should arrive by July, 2024* Not all single cask bottlings are created equal. While any distillery putting forth an honest effort will select interesting and hopefuly tasty casks for their single barrel program, it is a rare cask indeed that could be described as “flawless.” But this 11 year old is just that – a perfect PX cask. Robust enough to impact an incredibl amount of character, but perfeclty matched to the spirit so as to not overshadow it, but rather to complement it beautifully. Distilled March 1st 2011 and bottled in 2022, cask 4778 is for sherry lovers who want big and rich flavors but like to remember they’re drinking single malt and not actually sherry.

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Glen Scotia 23 Years Old Connoisseur’s Choice

This single malt was distilled in 2000 at the Glen Scotia Distillery, located in Campbeltown. It was aged in a refill American Hogshead for 23 years, resulting in sweet and light flavours of lemon, honey, demerara sugar and red apple with delicate spice and tropical fruit. It was bottled by Gordon & Macphail at natural cask strength, without chill filtration or artificial colouring.

Only 228 bottles were produced.

£215.00

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THE VIDEO REVIEW 

French whisky is something that I need to explore more. There are over 90 whisky distilleries in France, but I’ve only had two of them make it onto this channel.

This particular example is from the French side of the alps, a farmyard grown and distilled single malt. Think of it as French Daftmill! Aged in a combination of ex-cognac, ex-Armagnac, and ex-French wine casks – Hautes Glaces Indigene is a rather special whisky, in my eyes. The bottle showcases the Obiou mountain in coloured glass with a stopper made from food-grade, agglomerated cork, and ‘spent grains’ from the production process.

Over the last year or so, I’ve been exploring flavours of other distillates that I’ve ignored. The main focuses are rum of all varieties, tequila, mescal, aguardiente, etc. The one thing that all of these spirits have had in common is this huge contrast of flavour, some of them even more so than whisky, but this particular French single malt has summarised so many of these flavours into one bottle. That is something quite special.

We have the fresh fruit notes of peach, making me think of light, grassy single malts. The herbal input of pine and resin from certain mescals, the freshness of agave in tequila reposado – all of this together with a rather incredible scent of jasmine and Lilly of the Valley, contained in a rather pretty bottle.

It is only a 50cl bottle for £60, but there are more expensive offerings in 70cl that are nowhere near as complex as this one. Cheers.