Another option is the Macallan Sherry Oak 18 Years, for that classic Macallan fruit-cake-flavour. These include sustainably sourced husks from cacao pods which are usually sent to landfill or destroyed. The best Macallan whisky if youre just beginning your affair with Scotch The Macallan 10. The whisky has been 100% aged in a ex-Sherry American and European oak casks.īy focusing on sustainable packaging and in homage to its chocolate influence, Rich Cacao was presented in a 100% recyclable and biodegradable box which is made using natural by-products in the chocolate-making process. Working alongside Jordi, Polly studied the techniques of chocolate making and would go on to create this whisky as a perfect pairing for high-quality chocolate. Jordi is also the owner of the famed chocolate boutique, Casa Cacao and in 2018 was voted "World's Best Pastry Chef" by Restaurant Magazine. Rich Cacao is a collaboration between Macallan Whisky Maker Polly Logan and pastry chef Jordi Roca of three Michelin star restaurant El Celler de Can Roca. So much so in fact, that they had to open a brand new distillery in 2018, a subterranean architectural masterpiece within the Easter Elchies estate, boasting 36 copper pot stills. While global single malt sales volume is still lead by Speyside neighbours, Glenfiddich and Glenlivet, Macallan is easily the most sought after. These remain some of the most collectible on the market. Fortuitously, this coincided with the crest of a wave of enthusiasm for the high quality releases that the distillery had licensed to Campbell, Hope & King and Gordon & MacPhail in the 1960s and 1970s. It was not until the 1980s downturn in the market that the distillery decided to focus on its single malt brand. It may be hard to imagine today, but for much of the 20th century, Macallan was primarily a constituent malt in blends. A bottle of 1946 Macallan in a specially crafted crystal Lalique bottle sold at auction for 460,000 in April 2017, making it one of the most expensive whiskies ever sold, and/or the best/worst. The juice in the bottle is a blend of sherry-cask-finished whiskies from The Macallan and Highland Park. The project is spearheaded by the distilleries efforts to focus on sustainability. The Best Bottles Of Scotch Whisky Between 50-60. Released in October 2021, Rich Cacao is the first in an annual series from Macallan titled The Harmony Collection. Launched early this century, The Macallan Fine & Rare Collection has grown to become the largest assembly of vintage-dated, single malt whiskies in the world. Macallan The Harmony Collection / Rich Cacao The collection of vintage single malt whiskies in The Macallan Fine & Rare Collection provides one of those opportunities.
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