80 – 84 Good: More of your everyday drinker, solid and reliable.85 – 89 Very Good: Delicious enough to buy, but not quite special enough to chase on the secondary market.90 – 94 Great: An excited nod from friends when you pour them a dram.95 – 99 In the Pantheon: A trophy for the cabinet.Besides, there’s always that bottle of Double Cask 15 you can drink instead. Distil Your World New York whisky would be a nice find at its suggested retail price, but whether or not it’s worth $20,000 is really based on what that amount of money means to you. There’s no point in arguing about whether the whisky is worth any particular price, because it’s all subjective and circular-the product is limited, the consumer covets, the product becomes more limited and expensive, the consumer covets harder, repeat. You’ll have to have some very deep pockets in order to sample the whisky for yourself, something that is enticing to well-heeled whisky collectors but ranges from annoying to infuriating for the average whisky drinker. There’s also a documentary that you can watch about the whisky on YouTube. The bottle comes with some extra bells and whistles, housed inside a white box with an aerial map of New York City engraved on it, and a book detailing the inspirations behind the whisky via some very nice photography. The palate is very recognizably Macallan, with the sherry influence bringing out flavors of dark chocolate, some burnt orange, a bit of cherry syrup and just a touch of spice on the finish.
The color, a dark copper, is described as “city sunrise.” On the nose, there is indeed some apple, which was an obvious note to go for, along with a burst of citrus. Logan then selected six casks to assemble this whisky, both European and American sherry-seasoned oak (the age range is not revealed), based on the specific notes that inspired her and Roca. Other aspects of the city that inspired them were the smells of the hot nut carts and pretzel vendors, and the minerality of the streets after a rainfall. Logan has said she was inspired by street foods like “sweet candy, waffles, peanut brittle, chocolate and pecans.” Personally, I’d go with pizza and Halal cart chicken and white sauce, but that might not make for good whisky notes. They met with jazz musician Wynton Marsalis, street artist Lady Pink and clothing designer Zero Waste Daniel, to soak up the flavor of New York City. Joan Roca and Macallan whisky maker Polly Logan traveled to New York City to fill all of their sensory receptacles with the smells, flavors and visions of this iconic city.
#Macallan whiskey tasting license
The point of this new whisky is to capture the spirit of New York City, but how does one actually do that in liquid form? Well, a bit of imagination and creative license from the whisky makers is involved, and fortunately for The Macallan, the distillery has a decade-long relationship with famed Michelin-starred Spanish chefs the Roca Brothers.
#Macallan whiskey tasting series
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