The Macallan and Bentley Motors have unveiled the prototype for The Macallan Horizon, the primary collaborative single malt Scotch whisky being developed by the manufacturers.
The prototype of The Macallan Horizon, which might be out there as a whisky product from summer time 2023, fuses each conventional craftsmanship and progressive supplies, with leading edge know-how to create an unique horizontal design. It was visualized following intensive collaboration between The Macallan and Bentley Motors.
In homage to The Macallan’s Six Pillars – the inspiration stones of the model that account for its distinctive single malt whiskies – The Macallan Horizon idea incorporates six distinctive upcycled, repurposed, or ethically sourced supplies that are integral to The Macallan and Bentley Motors.
Amongst them are recycled copper from the disused curiously small spirit stills which had been situated inside The Macallan’s former Distillery; aluminum recovered from the Bentley Motors manufacturing course of; recycled wooden; recyclable glass and carbon impartial leather-based, domestically sourced and in addition used within the lately unveiled Bentley Mulliner grand tourer.
The ultimate part is the very particular single malt whisky being created for The Macallan Horizon. The Macallan Grasp Whisky Maker Kirsteen Campbell developed the flavour profile for the whisky following a go to to Bentley Motors in Crewe, the place she noticed first hand their shared ardour for creativity, craftsmanship, and innovation.
Collectively, the six key supplies, the vast majority of which have been sourced and produced domestically within the UK, type a novel idea that defies the normal vertical aesthetic of a whisky bottle and displays the horizontal trajectory of the automotive world, pushing the boundaries and the artwork of the attainable.
The design additionally contains a glass bottle with a rare 180-degree twist, representing the mastery of house and time achieved by The Macallan and Bentley Motors in creating the prototype, which has no standing base.
“Taking inspiration from the automotive trade, we’re showcasing our artistic imaginative and prescient and idea growth of The Macallan Horizon, which is among the many most original tasks now we have launched into in our nearly 200-year historical past,” says Jaume Ferras, World Inventive Director for The Macallan. “Our collaboration with Bentley Motors and the data trade now we have undertaken in consequence has impressed us to see issues very otherwise. Within the spirits world, every part is upright, comparable to our stills and our bottles. Once we seemed on the horizontal route pursued by Bentley Motors as a part of the automotive trade, it made us contemplate if and the way we might adapt this format for whisky, which in the end requires to be poured.
“I’m extremely pleased with the gorgeous design now we have created collectively for The Macallan Horizon and the distinctive supplies we’re incorporating. It merely wouldn’t be attainable with out the incomparable craftsmanship and creativity for which The Macallan and Bentley Motors are famend and is the embodiment of the uncompromised excellence pursued by The Macallan since 1824.”
Bentley’s Product and Way of life Design Supervisor, Chris Cooke, feedback: “Our prototype for The Macallan Horizon is really pioneering in each its design and use of supplies. It’s a fusion of the sharply outlined but curvaceous Bentley design DNA, The Macallan’s innovation and recycled supplies from each iconic British manufacturers. The type of the design has allowed us to nearly deal with gentle as one other materials in itself, and the interaction between gentle and the wooden, aluminium and copper supplies is extraordinary. In being each an object of magnificence in itself and demonstrating such innovation, it’s a illustration of what’s coming subsequent from our partnership.”
In February, the 2 manufacturers curated a once-in-a-lifetime street journey expertise providing the prospect to drive a Bentley via gorgeous British landscapes, together with the Peak District, the Yorkshire Dales, and the Cairngorms. The scenic route begins on the house of Bentley Motors in Crewe, Cheshire, and finishes at The Macallan Property in Scotland’s protected Speyside area.
