The Macallan 12 Year Old Fine Oak Triple Cask Miniature 5clIt may be hard to imagine today, but for much of the 20th century, Macallan was primarily a constituent malt in blends. It was not until the 1980s downturn in the market that the distillery decided to focus on its single malt brand. Fortuitously, this coincided with the crest of a wave of enthusiasm for the high quality releases that the distillery had licensed to Campbell, Hope & King and Gordon & MacPhail in the 1960s and 1970s. These remain some of

as well as chestnut

The pallet starts with grassy notes that quickly give way to caramel and toffee nuances

bottled at 46% abv and without any artificial colouring or chill-filtration

suggesting freshness and sweet flavour

light oak and vanilla

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and for imparting these characteristics to all manner of cocktails too

It has notes of coconut

and tropical

but the folks behind J

handpicked in Vietnam

The perfect apéritif at any special occasion