 For
300 years the Easter Elchies House, spiritual home of The Macallan,
has stood on the banks of the Spey as a symbol of Scottish fortitude,
a monument against the ravages of time. Dating from 1700, the
Jacobean Manor is the same house that is depicted on The Macallan's
packaging. Outside Easter Elchies House, a holly tree flourishes.
Amazingly this tree dates back to the earliest days of the house.
"Elchies"
sounds as if it should derive from the same Gaelic root as the
dividing, flinty or windy bit of Craigellachie, and there are
historians who say that is the case. However, Mr Matheson has
a different idea, which really appeals to us. He maintained that
"it is one of the few words of Basque origin left in this
country" and translated it as "el" - a town or
residence and "che" - a hill. Thus, the residence on
the hill.
Not far from
the house lies a small, walled graveyard. This graveyard remains
from the days when there was a church on the site - the church
was destroyed by fire during the 15th Century and was never rebuilt.
In addition to the church, we know that there was a farm and a
mill on the Easter Elchies Estate and it would have been on the
farm that whisky making first started on this site.
 Farming
still continues on the estate, indeed, in late summer the fields
around Easter Elchies grow rich and golden with their own harvest.
Golden Promise Barley, one of the vital ingredients in the creation
of our spirit, continues to be grown on Macallan land to this
day. |
THE MACALLAN
SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY
FINE OAK SERIES 10 YEAR |
THE
MACALLAN
SINGLE MALT
SCOTCH WHISKY 12 YEAR |
THE
MACALLAN
SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY
FINE OAK SERIES 15 YEAR |
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| Colour:
Pale Straw. Nose:
Complex, with hints of fruit and heather honey.
Palate:
Soft, with a maltiness, balanced with oak and fruit.
Finish:
Lingering with hints of oak and fruit. |
Colour:
Amber.
Nose: Sherry, honey, flowery notes.
Body: Full, smooth.
Palate: First hints of flowering currant.
Altogether more expressive.
Finish: Slightly more rounded. |
Color:
Rich Straw.
Nose:
Full aroma with hints of rose and cinnamon.
Palate:
Intense rich chocolate, with hints of orange and raisins.
Finish:
Lingering with chocolate, hints of orange and dried fruit. |
| THE
MACALLAN
SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY
FINE
OAK SERIES 17 YEAR |
THE
MACALLAN
SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY
FINE OAK SERIES 18 YEAR |
THE
MACALLAN
SINGLE
MALT
SCOTCH WHISKY25 YEAR |
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Colour:
Light
Amber.
Nose:
Heady, exotic and floral, with a hint of jasmine, tropical fruit
and peat.
Palate:
Soft and rich, with a hint of citrus, spice and wood smoke.
Finish:
Lingering, with a hint of orange zest.
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Colour:
Light Mahogany
Nose: Dried fruits and ginger, with a hint of citrus,
vanilla and cinnamon.
Palate:
Rich dried fruits, with spice,
clove, orange and wood smoke.
Finish:
Full and lingering, with dried fruits and sweet toffee,
ginger and a hint of wood smoke. |
Colour:
Amber-red color.
Nose: Full. Some peat comes through and some
oak, along with the sherry.
Body: Full and round.
Palate: The smokiness reveals itself, even through
the obvious oakiness. It can be very complex and drinks like a
fine brandy.
Finish: Very long finish. |
| THE
MACALLAN
CASK STRENGTH
SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKY
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Colour: Red
Mahogany.
Nose:
Dried fruits, with chocolate, orange, vanilla and wood spice.
Palate:
Rich and smooth, with fruit cake, vanilla and a hint of wood
smoke.
Finish:
Full and lingering, with dried fruit and spice. |
| The
Macallan Distillery
Established
1824
High
on a hill overlooking the River Spey, with magnificent views
across to Ben Rinnes, the Macallan Visitor Centre nestles within
the glorious Easter Elchies Estate at Craigellachie. Here you
can discover the extraordinary lengths we go to, to create our
single malt Scotch whisky.
TOURS
Regular Tour
Our Regular Tour takes in the full production process followed
by the Warehouse 7 visit, where we tell ‘The Story of
Oak’, bringing to life the vital role played by our
exceptional oak casks in developing the distinctive character
of The Macallan. Then it's back to the Visitor Centre for
a dram! Pre-booking required.
Precious
Tour
Our Precious Tour is an extended visit of the full production
process, Warehouse 7 and ‘The Story of Oak’, ending
with a tutored nosing and tasting presentation in the Visitor
Centre across a range of Macallan whiskies! Pre-booking required.
Admission
Charges apply to both tour options. For details, times and
charges please contact the Visitor Centre. Tel:- +44 (0)1340
872280. Only children older than 8 years old are allowed on
the tours and each tour is limited to a maximum of ten people.
The Visitors
Centre is open to visitors all year, although opening days
and hours do vary and is dependant on the distillery production
schedule.
Opening Times:
Easter - September
Monday to Saturday, 9.30am till 4.30pm. The last regular tour
is usually at 3.30pm.
October
Monday to Friday, 9.30am till 4.30pm. The last regular
tour is usually at 3.30pm.
November
- Easter
Monday to Friday, 11.00am till 3.00pm. Tour times on application.
During the summer every year, The Macallan stops production
and enters the "Silent Season" when maintenance
is carried out in the Distillery. This happens from the end
of June until the beginning of August. Unfortunately we cannot
take visitors on a Distillery Tour, but we have a limited
tour and a visit to warehouse 7, a traditional warehouse followed
by a tour of the warehouse upper floor exhibition ‘The
story of Oak’ ending with a dram in the Visitor Centre.
Silent season dates for 2008: From the 4th to the
30th of July inclusive.
Christmas
/ New Year 2008 - 2009 Closure
Distillery closed from Friday 19th December 2008 to Monday
5th January 2009. No tours will be permitted during this time.
Visitors Centre Shop - closed from Tuesday 23rd December 2008
to Monday 5th January 2009.
Getting
There: From the A941, Elgin to Dufftown Road, take
the B9102 to Archiestown just north of Craigellachie. The
distillery is on your left after a mile.
Parking
/ Reception: Follow the signs past the farm and through
the distillery. Turn left at roundabout into car park beside
the Gardener's Cottage. Margaret Gray and her colleagues will
greet you like old friends and lead you into a setting of
great charm. The Macallan confidence is evident as you tour
the distillation of the "Rolls Royce" of malts.
Maximum
Group Size: 10
Group
Bookings: Small and by appointment only.
Enquiries:
Tel: 01340 871471
Photography in Distillery: Yes
Disabled
Access: Tour is not easy with quite a few stairs
to negotiate. The new Visitors' Center includes a nosing room,
allowing disabled vistors to reach the very heart of The Macallan.
Foreign
Visitors: Leaflets in French, German, Spanish, Italian,
Greek and Japanese.
Contact The Macallan Distillery
Easter
Elchies, Craigellachie
AB38
9RX Scotland
Tel: +44(0)1340 872 280
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