Anecdotes of Ages Collection
Easter Elchies House
Easter Elchies House is our Spiritual Home and features proudly on the label of every bottle of The Macallan.
A story in every Stone...
Each unique label of the 13 original bottles details stories relating to The Macallan’s history, community, and natural landscape of The Macallan Estate.
Sir Peter Blake’s ghostly artwork for this unique label is a wonderful tribute to The Macallan’s Spiritual Home. Easter Elchies House has existed since at least 1453. Ransacked by Jacobite soldiers because of the owners’ Hanoverian sympathies, it was reconstructed in 1700 for Captain John Grant, whose family and descendants are interred in the mausoleum on the Estate.
After falling into disrepair, the manor house was finally and happily returned to The Macallan’s possession in 1959. Today, fully restored, its image features proudly on every bottle that leaves the premises.

The Story Behind the Label
Easter Elchies House was requisitioned for military use and distilling was outlawed from 1943 until hostilities ceased. From here, both battle plans and personnel were dispersed to various fronts throughout the conflict. The captains WE Johns, of Biggles books fame, and WF Player, of the cigarette dynasty, were just two celebrated tenants among many drawn to hunting, shooting and fishing holidays.








A one-off, it is an astounding single malt. Mary McCartney’s contemporary photograph shows the bottle against the moonlit manor, an echo perhaps of the monochrome posters for classic 1940s films. Intrigue, atmosphere and suspense swirl about the bottle, unmistakably featured as the hero of the piece. There could not be a more fitting way to record the poised and precious spirit that waits within.
In happier times, straddling the war years, the building also played host to sporting parties and some notable guests.
The Experience
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Colour
Caramelised peach
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Nose
Classic antique oak, dried fruit and fig combined with hints of pineapple and mango layered with a decadent chocolate strawberry note
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Palate
Warm chocolate with light nutmeg and ginger, oak spices and sweet oak opening into pineapple and coconut with an unexpected strawberry and hazelnut burst
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Finish
Complex with a medium to long finish of chocolate, sweet oak and lightly spiced peach
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ABV
46.7%






