Macallan – The Harmony Collection – Vibrant Oak (70cl, 44.2%)

Released in October 2024, Vibrant Oak is one of two additions to the distillery’s Harmony Collection produced in collaboration with famed contemporary circus company, Cirque du Soleil, following the partnership’s SPIRIT event in May that year. Bottled alongside the travel retail exclusive Guardian Oak, both expressions have been created to demonstrate key differences between wood influences in the whisky. These expressions join a number of extravagant releases to mark the distillery’s 200th anniversary year. Vibrant Oak has been matured in a combination of first-fill sherry-seasoned American oak casks and refill sherry casks. As with all Harmony Collection releases, the bottle is presented in a 100% recyclable and biodegradable box, this time produced from oak chippings leftover from the production of casks.