Why is the Macallan 25-year-old so expensive?

      It's understood that The Macallan offers a whisky known as the "Rolls-Royce of single malt whiskies." Why is The Macallan 25-year-old called this? And why is it so expensive?

Characteristics of Macallan 25 Year Old
      Macallan 25 Year Old is aged in sherry casks selected from the finest Jerez province of Spain. The extended 25-year aging process allows the flavors of sherry, malt, smoke, raspberry, and apple brandy to blend perfectly together, resulting in a more fragrant aroma, a smoother and sweeter taste, and a deeper color.

      Looking at the ingredient list, you'll find that The Macallan whisky hasn't added caramel coloring in 25 years, and its natural color isn't artificially added, but rather comes from the natural coloring of sherry casks. Furthermore, its rich, full-bodied sweetness and resinous notes all come from the oak casks themselves, and the high cost of sherry casks has driven The Macallan's success ever since.

      The main types of aged whisky are sherry casks and bourbon casks, but The Macallan is known for its selection of sherry casks. Sherry casks are oak barrels that have been used to store sherry, and their production cost is much higher than that of bourbon casks. The cost has remained high, especially after the Spanish government enacted a new law prohibiting the export of empty barrels used solely for maturing sherry.

      However, The Macallan controls 90% of the world's Spanish sherry cask resources and has maintained this traditional whisky aging method, which has created The Macallan's irreplaceable sherry cask classic. The high cost also makes The Macallan 25-Year-Old whisky very expensive, with a price of over 20,000 yuan, which is not something that ordinary people can afford casually, hence the name "the Rolls Royce of single malt whisky".

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