Macallan 12 Double Cask Lunar Co-Pack Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Whiskey: Macallan 12 Double Cask Lunar Co-Pack Single Malt Scotch

This Limited edition gift box set of The Macallan Double Cask 12 Year is in honor of the Chinese Lunar New Year.

Size: 750mL

Proof: 86 (43% ABV)

Origin: Scotland

Distillery: Macallan Distillery

After the barley is harvested in late August and early September, it is malted before being mashed in one of The Macallan’s two mash tuns, a process that takes between four and eight hours. Then, the barley is fermented with a specially cultured yeast before being distilled twice through The Macallan’s copper-pot stills. The copper comprising the stills acts as a catalyst, and enhances the formation of sweet esters while minimizing impurities such as sulphur. In addition, the curiously small stills — some of “the smallest stills within the Scotch whisky industry, “according to production manager Alexander Tweedie — produce a whisky with a heavy, oily flavor.

Macallan 12 Double Cask Lunar Co-Pack Single Malt Scotch Whisky Tasting Notes

Nose: Creamy butterscotch aromas, and subtle toffee apple, citrus, vanilla and fresh oak.

Palate: The palate is honeyed, with oak spice and citrus, harmonized with dried fruit and caramel.

Finish: The finish is lingering, warm, sweet and drying with oak.

Distillery Information

The Macallan distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Craigellachie, Moray. The Macallan Distillers Ltd , is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Edrington Group which purchased the brand from Highland Distillers in 1999.