Six “upcycled, repurposed or ethically sourced” materials are being used for the bottle, according to the brand, which is an homage to the Six Pillars of identity that define the distillery (spiritual home, curiously small stills, finest cut, exceptional oak casks, natural color, peerless spirit).
But the details of this new bottle design, due out summer of 2023, are intriguing. Macallan master whisky maker Kirsteen Campbell is still working on the actual liquid, which was inspired by a visit to the Bentley headquarters in Crewe, England (exactly how that will translate remains to be seen). But it’s really about a shared sensibility and aesthetic, as can be seen in the prototype for the new The Macallan Horizon.
The two worlds can seem like an awkward fit, as no one wants to promote or even gloss over the effects of driving under the influence. This isn’t the first collaboration between a scotch whisky distillery and the automotive world-Bowmore has an ongoing partnership with Aston Martin, and car designer Ian Callum worked with Annandale recently. The details of the collaboration, at least as far as bottle design, have just been revealed, and fasten your seatbelts and grab your whisky stones because we’re all in for a pretty weird ride. The Macallan and Bentley Motors entered a creative partnership in 2021 and on Monday we got a first glimpse of what that means.
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