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To celebrate
Charles III’s Coronation Mark Littler
Ltd is set to launch a rare 27 Year Old
Whisky Distilled at the Macallan
Distillery. The whisky also honours the
work of legendary Macallan designer and
marketer David Holmes.
To celebrate Charles III’s Coronation
Mark Littler Ltd is set to launch a rare
27 Year Old Whisky Distilled at the
Macallan Distillery. The whisky also
honours the work of legendary Macallan
designer and marketer David Holmes.
Independent bottler and whisky broker
Mark Littler is releasing the 27 Year
Old Coronation Reserve, which they
describe as a luscious and luxurious 27
year old whisky distilled at the
Macallan distillery. Only 90 bottles
will be available for purchase
exclusively on the Mark Littler Ltd
website for £2,599 and can be shipped
worldwide.
Matured in a single ex-bourbon cask, the
whisky is bottled at its natural
strength of 41% ABV in a Glencairn
Crystal Reserve decanter and is fitted
inside a handmade royal blue box
embossed with King Charles III’s cypher,
a perfect fit for the coronation.
The creation of the 27 Year Old
Coronation Reserve begins with legendary
Macallan designer and marketer David
Holmes. He was the co-creator of iconic
Macallan whiskies including the Peter
Blake 1926 60 Year Old, which is now one
of the most expensive whisky bottles in
the world, as well as all previous
Macallan whiskies celebrating royal
family milestones. He also masterminded
wildly successful advertising campaigns
across the 1970s-1990s which helped
establish Macallan as a
globally-recognised luxury single malt.
These marketing campaigns are now being
honoured in the Archival (Folio) Series.
Several years ago, Holmes drew a rough
draft for a label made for a future
hypothetical whisky bottle celebrating
King Charles III’s coronation. Though he
passed away in 2018, his son and
frequent collaborator Toby completed the
label that now graces this bottle.
For connoisseurs and collectors, this
marks the 27 Year Old Coronation Reserve
as a spiritual heir of previous official
releases from Macallan tied to the royal
family.
An avid collector of Macallan deeply
interested in the distillery’s history,
Littler is excited about what this
whisky represents:
"David Holmes and his partner-in-crime
Nick Salaman were arguably responsible
for making Macallan instantly
recognisable around the world, they made
consumers realise how good the
distillery’s whisky is” he commented.
"We’re honoured that Toby was willing to
collaborate with us on a world-class
whisky that also honours his father
David, Macallan’s legacy, and the
coronation itself.”
Toby is similarly enthusiastic: “It’s
been a fantastic experience to be able
to revisit my father’s work. It meant a
lot to me personally and professionally
to help create a whisky that is a
fitting tribute to both him and King
Charles III."
As you can imagine a whisky of this age
that was distilled at The Macallan
distillery will attract some interest so
it is being sold via a ballot system,
you can enter the ballot for The Mark
Littler Macallan 27 Year Old Coronation
Reserve - Distilled At The Macallan
Distillery at the Mark Littler website.
You will also find
the current Macallan whisky range as
well as a few rare bottlings of The
Macallan available from specialist online whisky
shops such as
The Whisky Exchange,
The Whisky Shop,
Master of Malt
and
Hard To Find Whisky
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