Macallan 1861

Description

Macallan 1861 – Collectible Whisky

Macallan 1861 is the second in the set of 5 of Macallan’s famous ‘Replica’ series, the 1861 edition which was bottled in 2001.  The set of 5 bottles have an interesting back story and include The Macallan Distillers Limited (as it was known at the time) buying a number of old and rare bottles during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

These old bottles were then used as the source to create the replica series where Macallan tried to replicate the nose, the taste and the packaging of some of their bottles from earlier times.  They drew a tiny sample from the bottle and together with his team of expert nosers, began to search for whisky which matches the profile.

As well as replicating the whisky they were determined to recreate the 1861 bottle and labels. The challenge for Stolzle Flaconnage was to reproduce the idiosyncratic irregularities of a mid-19th-century mouth-blown bottle with 21st-century technology. To reconstruct the labels, calligrapher Carol Kemp re-drew the individual letters while illustrator Brian Taylor reproduced the sketch.’

 

This highly collectable, limited release Macallan 1861 Replica bottling was designed to recreate the spirit and overall style of Macallan as of 1860s.  This incredible whisky was bottled at 47.2% abv in 2001, one of 17,000 bottles that come complete with original presentation box.

Tasting Notes

Nose: Smells like the spice cupboard really, a little ginger and cinnamon and some sharper ones like cumin and chilly but somehow still rather sweet

Palate: Some peat and still more spices. lovely bit of summer fruit.

Finish: Long, dry, warming and soothing