This is an unusual expression, and swims against the grain of Macallan's recent impulse to release highly priced, no-age-statement expressions. Double Cask is an experiment in aging, as the distillery acquired new American oak casks, seasoned them in sherry, and then used them for the bulk of this product. In some sense, it means they're using the sherry to age the casks rather than the other way around, and the result is casks that didn't spend as much time with the wine in them and that impart a milder flavor to the whisky that's later dumped in them. That's exactly what we get here. On the nose, there are notes more typical of a bourbon-aged or half-and-half whisky: vanilla, caramel, cream, oak, and mild sherry fruits and baking spices. The palate emphasizes the core malt flavor, which comes through best with ex-bourbon-cask aging, and almost tastes like a blend in its mixture of half-expressed flavors: some fruit, some honey, some spiced tea. Double Cask finishes on notes of malt and sweet cereal grains, along with some oaky barrel char. This comes in at a similar $65-70 price to Macallan 12, but I'd opt for the original.