But what happens behind the walls of the cooperages of Vasyma and Tevasa in Jerez, and just down the road at Bodega Valdespino, is as consequential to The Macallan’s final product as anything that happens in Scotland.
Most of whisky’s romance is attached to distilleries and dunnage warehouses. Still, it is here, in the baking heat of Andalusia, that sherry casks – the lifeblood of the industry – are made and seasoned. The Macallan is particularly proud of its vast…

