When I pour the Macallan Fine Oak into my glass, the first aroma is that of a nice oak spiced butterscotch with a dollop of treacle. This should deliver an extremely complex single malt whisky.
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Indeed, one of the tidbits of information on the Macallan 1o Year Old Fine Oak Series box is the confirmation that this single malt is triple cask matured for a minimum of 10 years in a complex combination of oak casks Spanish oak seasoned with sherry, American oak seasoned with sherry, and American oak seasoned with bourbon.
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I love the elegant display boxes which are always full of information about the whisky, where and how it is made, and why this is important. These boxes always add a wonderful ambiance to the occasion of opening the bottle for the first time in front of my guests. Scottish Whisky producers are miles ahead of their North American counterparts when it comes to presenting their products to the consumer. I thought I would begin my analysis with a review of The Macallan 10 Year Old Fine Oak Series:
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Both bottles presented to me were 750ml bottles, each bottled for the Canadian market at 40% alcohol by volume. Wheelock asked me to do a comparative tasting of the two styles of oak as part of my series of reviews of The Macallan Single Malt Whisky. Wheelock, the Brand Ambassador West for The Macallan, Highland Park, and The Famous Grouse. I was given a bottle each of The Macallan 10 Year Old Fine Oak and The Macallan 12 Year Old Sherry Oak by J. The Fine Oak Series is quite a departure for The Macallan, and the new whisky has brought rave reviews from some quarters (Jim Murray for example awarded it “Best New Scotch Brand” when it was launched), and dramatic criticism from others who considered the American barrels inferior (a puzzling criticism it seems to me). Beginning in 2004, The Macallan introduced a new product, the Fine Oak Series, with whisky matured in seasoned American oak casks, (sherry as well as bourbon), as well as sherry casks from Spain. Originally, The Macallan whiskies were (primarily) matured in oak seasoned with sherry brought to the distillery from Jerez, Spain.
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The Macallan is a single malt Scotch whisky, produced at The Macallan Distillery near Easter Elchies House, at Craigellachie in the Speyside region of Scotland. Whisky Review: The Macallan Fine Oak (10 Year) 84.5/100 Craigellachie bridge near the Macallan Distillery, (photo Courtesy J.