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10th December 2013 |
The Macallan
release their fifth decanter from their
collaboration with Lalique, The Macallan
in Lalique "The Spiritual Home" a 62
year old Macallan single malt.
 The
Macallan have announced the release of
their latest masterpiece from their
prestigious collaboration with Lalique,
The Macallan in Lalique Six Pillars
Collection. The fifth decanter in the
collection, The Macallan in Lalique "The
Spiritual Home", marks the penultimate
decanter in this global sell out series.
The whisky featured within the decanter
is an exquisite and very rare 62 years
old Macallan single malt whisky.
Designed and created by the legendary
French crystal house Lalique,
exclusively for The Macallan, and
limited to only 400 individually
numbered decanters, the Spiritual Home
edition will be highly desired and
eagerly anticipated by whisky
connoisseurs and collectors.
David Cox, Director of Fine & Rare
Whiskies for The Macallan commented,
"Our inspirational partnership with
Lalique is widely regarded as one of the
ultimate luxury partnerships. This fifth
collaboration in The Macallan in Lalique
Six Pillars collection further
reinforces our commitment to working
together to create beautiful and
desirable objets d’art.
"The Six Pillars of The Macallan are the
inspiration behind this wonderful
collection; they comprise those elements
which combine to give our exceptional
single malt whisky its supreme quality
and distinctive character. This is the
penultimate decanter on an inspirational
journey to the heart of The Macallan.
Easter Elchies House is the only manor
home of its kind to be part of a
distillery estate in Scotland and dates
back to 1700 when it was built by
Captain John Grant.
"This collection has inspired interest
from connoisseurs and collectors since
its inception in 2005, representing a
marriage of the finest and rarest
Macallan single malt whisky and bespoke
designed decanters, interpreting the Six
Pillars, from the master crystal
craftsmen at Lalique. There are very few
distilleries that have the aged stock
profile that we do, and we are
privileged to have the opportunity to
produce a magnificent 62 years old,
originally filled to American oak sherry
seasoned casks in November 1950. This is
the second oldest Macallan ever released
by the distillery since its foundation
in 1824."
Inspired by the artistic genius of Rene
Lalique’s legacy and Easter Elchies
House, The Macallan’s spiritual home,
Lalique’s Marc Larminaux interpreted the
harled surface applied to the sandstone
walls of Easter Elchies House by
creating a textured frosted surface on
three sides of the decanter, an effect
created through the use of a ‘digital
stamp’ of the actual wall; in contrast
three sides of the decanter have been
left in clear crystal. One of the
frosted sides features the bold
initials, JEG, replicating the initials
which are incorporated in the original
date stone, which can be seen high up on
the western elevation of Easter Elchies
House. These are the initials of Captain
John Grant, who oversaw the building of
the present manor house in 1700. The
date stone itself, with both initials
and date, is replicated in its entirety
at the base of one of the side panels of
the decanter. Finally, the distinctive
“crow-steps” at the gable ends of the
house are interpreted through the steps
on the neck of the decanter, leading up
to the proud standing stopper,
representing one of the chimneys. A
striking, unusual design, this fifth
decanter in the Six Pillars series again
exemplifies the artistic creativity and
inspiration of Lalique.
Silvio Denz, Chairman and CEO of
Lalique, said: "Following the resounding
success of the first four decanters in
The Macallan in Lalique Six Pillars
Collection, Lalique is proud to unveil
the fifth. After months of collaboration
on the design of the new decanter,
Lalique has created a superb example of
craftsmanship that encapsulates the
spirit of Easter Elchies House, the
distillery’s spiritual home at the heart
of The Macallan Estate.
"The spectacular shape and exquisite
detail of this Fifth Pillar represent
countless hours of painstaking work by
Lalique’s master craftsmen. We sincerely
hope that the fortunate few owners of
this sumptuous new decanter take as much
pleasure in admiring it as we have done
in creating it."
In 2010 the relationship was taken to
new heights with the creation of the
Cire Perdue decanter containing the
oldest ever Macallan ever released, at
64 years old. This unique decanter and
its rare contents were auctioned by
Sotheby’s New York in November 2010,
raising a staggering US $460,000 for
charity: water, an innovative charity
dedicated to providing clean and safe
drinking water for people in developing
countries, as well as smashing the world
record price for a bottle of scotch
whisky.
The Spiritual Home decanter is available
in the UK from December 2013 at
specialist whisky retailers, RRP
£16,000.
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The Macallan Lilique The Spiritual
HomeTasting
Notes
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Producer's Tasting Notes:
Colour:
Rich cherry.
Nose:
Rich and aromatic. A strong opening of
treacle toffee leads into raisin and
blood orange. Later aromas of apple pie,
sprinkled with ginger, cinnamon and
chocolate, with layers of darker
vanilla, embellished by soft burnished
oak.
Taste:
Rich dried fruits open up, with strong
raisin flavours. Layers of sweet ginger
figs and cigar leaf in viscous
suspension are followed by woody oak
flavours, polished yet showing
complexity of age.
Finish:
Long and embracing
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