Macallan Genesis - 2018 Release

INFORMATION

Macallan Genesis. Bottled 2018. One of 2,500 bottles. 700ml. 45.5%.

Macallan's partnership with Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners (architects), to create the Macallan Genesis to celebrate their new distillery.

A collaboration with the esteemed Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners, who designed the distinct Macallan distillery. This release commemorates their architecture. Each bottle includes a signed lithographic print of the building's elevation printed on one of two map presses in the UK, utilizing cotton paper from the Magnani mill in Chiesina Uzzanese. These prints' superior quality ensures they will remain undiminished over time, no matter how long the bottle is kept unopened.

DISTILLERY:Macallan

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:45.5%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

Bottle PRODUCED:2,500

BOTTLER:Distillery Bottling

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

BOTTLING DATE::2018

The grandest of Speyside’s blue chip distilleries, Macallan was founded in 1824 and carved a reputation for luxury single malt whisky in the 1980s with string of 18-year-old and 25-year-old sherry-matured vintage single malts distilled in the 1960s and 1970s, building on the renown of earlier highly-regarded licensed bottlings by Gordon & MacPhail and Campbell, Hope and King.

In the early 2000s, as the supply and quality of even the best sherry casks declined dramatically, Macallan introduced their Fine Oak series, an initially controversial range of bottlings that included bourbon-matured spirit in the cask recipe. While the Fine Oak series took some time to find its audience, Macallan’s status as the top Speyside distillery - particularly at auction - was already well-established and today a legion of eager Macallan fans ensure that each new luxury bottling from the distillery sells out immediately on release.