The Golden Age of Travel: The Aeroplane
A celebration of adventure, glamour and style, the halcyon days of commercial air travel opened up a whole new world of possibilities and are embodied in this rich and comforting whisky.
The Aeroplane
AN UPLIFTING ADVENTURE
With the introduction of the first commercial airlines, adventure awaited those ‘jet set’ few who boarded the almost magical, great silver flying machines - in anticipation of international destinations they had only ever dreamed of. An exotic experience heady with glamour, style and romance. While the lucky few took to the skies, high above the River Spey, the Macallan distillery in the 1930s still employed three horses for ‘general duties’. The early years of the decade were tough for all distillers, largely due to the Great Depression and Prohibition in the US. But whilst output was modest, the noted quality of The Macallan was maintained.
This individual Macallan is history in a glass that also speaks of a bygone time at the distillery. Distilled two years before the outbreak of the Second World War, the whisky reveals clues about the distillation and maturation of The Macallan at this time; when a steam railway ran past the foot of the hill below the estate, bringing in raw materials and taking away deliveries of finished casks.
The Experience
COLOUR
Rustic gold.
NOSE
Madagascar vanilla beans, cinnamon, sun-dried figs and dark chocolate.
PALATE
Thick honey, dry ginger, cinnamon and apple pie.
FINISH
Long and deeply satisfying with aftertastes of crème brûlée, honey and brown sugar and gentle hints of wood smoke.
ABV:
43.4%