Macallan – Boutique Collection 2019 Release (70cl, 52%)

Macallan – Boutique Collection 2019 Release is a whisky from Macallan (Speyside). Bottled at 52% ABV, 70cl. The Macallan distillery was founded in 1824 by Alexander Reid, a barley farmer and school teacher. Now owned by the Edrington Group, The Macallan prides itself on its Six Pillars, which include its curiously small stills, very narrow ‘cut’ of new make spirit and exceptional cask management. It is the most sought after whisky for collectors. A new £140 million subterranean distillery and visitor centre on the Easter Elchies estate was opened to the public in the summer of 2018 and has since won several awards for its architectural quality; with its exciting features including glass walls of vintage whiskies, a circular pod of copper pot stills, and a Boutique reflecting those in Dubai and Heathrow airports. The Boutique Collection: Macallan Boutiques started to appear in airports around the world from 2016. Each location takes aesthetic cues from the distillery itself, and claims to offer a “multi-sensory, immersive experience”. Although, unless you’re prepared to splash a bit of cash, we’re pretty sure you’re not allowed to smell, taste or touch any of the merchandise. Can you hear whisky? Whatever, at least you can still look. The Boutique Collection whiskies were (as you might imagine) only available to buy from these locations, with the inaugural release in 2016 to mark the opening of the first Boutique, in Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport.