Not to be outdone yesterday news that Scotch distillery Tamdhu release a 43 -year -old child single malt fully ripe sherry barrels, the Macallan I just announced his latest whiskeys, and one is even older than Tamdhu. The Speyside distillery is launching a pair of single malts – the 46 -year -old tree of life per The Macallan And art is the flower, both rare new expressions dear to this high -end whiskeymaker.
According to the distillery, the two expressions were created as a tribute to the Scottish artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh, a Glaswegian known for his contributions to the British Art Nouveau movement (a name that could be unknown to most of the majors of non -artistic studies). What does this artist at the end of the 19th century do and Sherry CASK-MATURD whiskey Have in common? According to Jaume Ferras, creative director for the MacallanIt's all about the mother earth. “The Macallan and Charles Rennie Mackintosh share a reverence for nature, a masterpiece in art and crafts,” he said in a statement. “This is presented in the tree of life by the macallan in the two versions. We were inspired by the idiosyncratic representations of the nature of Mackintosh and reflect this in the exemplary art of the manufacture of whiskey, creating two new exceptional versions of whiskey.”
It can be difficult to link concepts with real liquid, although packaging generally plays a role in this regard (which is the case here). The tree of life is a marriage of two whiskey barrels distilled in 1979 and matured in a oak seasoned with Sherry for 46 years – apparently, Mackintosh moved to the countryside to reconnect with nature at the age of 46, and then produced a large part of the art. Forty-six years, it is quite old for a whiskey, but young according to the macallan standards compared to the versions like the 72 years old in Lalique or the 81 year old man Reach.
We were unable to taste the whiskey, but the master of whiskey Kirsen Campbell provided useful tasting notes. “(IT) offers a unique, dynamic and complex expression of Macallan Maturated in oak barrels seasoned with sherry, “she said.” Tropical fruits charred on cut peat embers are balanced with complex wooden spices. The notes of ancient oak are characteristic of the superior age expressions of the macallan and evoke the unique conceptions of Mackintosh made from wood, in Scotland, many years ago. “If” Peat Ember “sets you apart, you are probably not alone because the Macallan Do not really produce a lot of smoked whiskey these days, but that was not always the case. We contacted a representative for the distillery and discovered that there was no tilled peat, it was only a tasting note.
The other version is called Art is the flower, a name that was drawn from a conference that Mackintosh gave in 1902 which started with this sentence. According to the distillery, this version was inspired by its “extraordinary representations of nature in architecture and art, namely its interior decoration piece,” the spirit of the rose “stained glass panel”. It is an ageless declaration whiskey that had aged in the European oak barrels seasoned with Sherry, and according to the whiskey manufacturer Steven Bremner, the team has deeply dug to find barrels to get married together. “We had the freedom to draw throughout our inventory, identifying the barrels that have reached their cutting edge maturation, which added an additional layer of character and complexity,” he said. “European oak was essential because it delivers beautiful oak notes, spices and dried fruits, but also delicate notes of fruit which bear their own flowers.”
The release of this pair of whiskeys will be accompanied by a series of documentary shorts exploring Mackintosh's influence on different artists and historians. Art is that the flower is available from today (SRP $ 1,000) from some retailers across the country. The Tree of Life is published in a series of 112 Lalique Cristal Dransication, so interested parties should contact Macallan's customer services directly to Customerservices@themacallan.com to discover the price. You can find others Macallan Expressions available to purchase at Reserve bar NOW.
