{"id":55893,"date":"2022-07-21T10:35:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T09:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=55893"},"modified":"2022-07-21T11:28:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T10:28:48","slug":"the-macallan-unveils-81-year-old-the-reach-the-oldest-ever-single-malt-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/the-macallan-unveils-81-year-old-the-reach-the-oldest-ever-single-malt-released\/","title":{"rendered":"The Macallan unveils 81-year-old ‘The Reach’ – the oldest ever single malt released [update]"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Macallan has launched an 81-year-old whisky called The Reach \u2013 believed to be the oldest single malt ever released and priced at \u00a392,000 (US$125,000) a bottle.<\/p>\n


\nThe spirit was filled into a single ex-Sherry cask at the Speyside distillery in 1940, shortly before The Second World War forced The Macallan to close for the first time in its history.<\/p>\n

Bottled at 41.6% abv, only 288 decanters are available worldwide, featuring eye-catching packaging: a mouth-blown glass decanter sitting on a bronze sculpture of three hands, created by Scottish artist Saskia Robinson.<\/p>\n

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The hands represent the distillery workers of 1940 who made the whisky; former Macallan chairman Allan Shiach, whose grandfather was running the company in 1940; and Kirsteen Campbell, The Macallan\u2019s current master whisky maker.<\/p>\n

Indentations on the glass surface of the decanter match the fingerprints of the hands, and the decanter is housed in an elm cabinet, sourced from a tree thought to have been growing on the Macallan Estate surrounding the distillery in 1940.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Created during a turbulent time in the world, this extraordinary expression showcases The Macallan\u2019s history, ingenuity and unmistakable strength of character,\u2019<\/em> said Campbell. \u2018The creation of many hands, The Reach has been a truly collaborative effort. It\u2019s also a tribute to the people who made this precious whisky, and their enduring spirit which never wavered.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n

Accompanying the release is a film telling the story of The Macallan and the making of The Reach, created by London-based photographer Nadav Kander and featuring original music composed and recorded by Scottish band Mogwai.<\/p>\n

Highly limited to only 288 decanters worldwide, in global travel retail The Reach is available at The Macallan Boutiques at Taiwan Taoyuan, DXB Dubai International, London Heathrow and New York JFK. RSP is $125,000 \/ \u00a392,000 \/ \u20ac110,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.themacallan.com\/en\/the-macallan-boutiques<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Macallan has launched an 81-year-old whisky called The Reach \u2013 believed to be the oldest single malt ever released and priced at \u00a392,000 (US$125,000) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":55894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2597,535,1,477,7093,7099,7097],"tags":[69,39,10863,931,10864,612,10860,7908,2519,10859,216,103],"class_list":["post-55893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-best-selling-brands-in-duty-free","category-duty-free-retailers","category-latest-news","category-latest-promotions-in-duty-free","category-luxury","category-spirits","category-wines-spirits","tag-duty-free","tag-dutyfree","tag-kirsteen-campbell","tag-macallan","tag-saskia-robinson","tag-single-malt","tag-the-macallan-81-year-old","tag-the-macallan-boutique","tag-the-macallan-duty-free","tag-the-macallan-the-reach","tag-travel-retail","tag-whisky"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55893"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58725,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55893\/revisions\/58725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}