MACALLAN BLAKE @ LXXX EIGHT DECADES COLLECTION
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MACALLAN BLAKE @ LXXX EIGHT DECADES COLLECTION
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Description
In 2012 Macallan collaborated again to celebrate 80 years of Sir Peter Blake. The resulting piece of art is like a treasure trove of colour and stories, containing eight whisky miniatures, each with a label reflecting a particular decade of Sir Peter Blake’s life, surrounded by intricate artwork representing our whisky making process.
Presented within the set are vintages from each decade, including several expressions from the sought-after Fine & Rare series. The distilled dates of each are, 1937, 1949, 1952, 1969, 1976, 1989, 1997, and 2002.
The artefacts in the box were sourced by art director, Stuart Newman, and are said to represent fire, water, earth and air, each of which aids the process of whisky making. These include:
1930s: Black and white image of distillery workers at Macallan. Fire bucket – representing water and fire. Dancing tin duck – a replica of one of Sir Peter’s favourites from his own collection.
1940s: Windproof matches. Tin damsel fly – still very much alive on Speyside. Small bottle with a painting of the Queen Mary, one of the first pieces of art Sir Peter Blake bought as a student in the late forties. Wellington boots – representing an original pair of Tom Thumb boots that Sir Peter has in his collection and one of his favourites.
1950s: She-Devil painting on the cover of the book. Halfpenny.
1960s: CD with the cover of Beatles painting by Sir Peter Blake – including an old advertisement created by DH and a film by Phil Sansom on the making of the Blake @ LXXX box.
1970s: Teapot and roses painting – adding flowers to the bold and colourful design.
1980s: A Robin painting, a Gnome fishing and Spey Salmon (indicative of the fishing on the Macallan’s Easter Elchies Estate).
1990s: A collage, W for Whisky, reminiscent of Sir Peter Blake’s style and a Macallan cask (representing the importance of the oak casks in the making of The Macallan whisky).
2000s: Porcelain mouse – representing the computer age.
This collection is one of just 250 hand-made works of art by Sir Peter Blake.
- Country: Scotland
- Region: Highlands
- Size: 5cl
- Type: Single Malt Whisky
- Number of Bottles: 8
- Strength (%): 41.8-62.2%
- Distillery: Macallan
- Distillery Status: Operational
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About the Distillery:
The Macallan distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Craigellachie, Moray, Scotland. The Macallan Distillers Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Edrington, which purchased the brand from Highland Distillers in 1999.
The Macallan is generally considered to be the second or third highest-selling single-malt scotch, next to Glenfiddich and, by some accounts, Glenlivet.
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