The Macallan has launched Distil Your World New York, an distinctive restricted version single malt whisky that captures the essence of one of the iconic cities on the planet.
Distil Your World New York marks the most recent launch within the collection of single malt whiskies and gastronomic creations exploring main areas across the globe. Crafted by The Macallan Whisky Maker Polly Logan in collaboration with the Roca brothers, house owners of El Celler de Can Roca, twice named Finest Restaurant within the World, Distil Your World New York embodies and celebrates the town as a dynamic metropolis of artwork, creativity and visionary expertise.
To uncover the mastery behind New York, Polly and Joan Roca traveled to the town to spend time with the artists who gasoline its vibrant tradition; the visionaries driving its inimitable creativity; and the thinkers chronicling the town. Their journey and the exceptional figures they encountered throughout it, together with globally acclaimed jazz musician Wynton Marsalis, legendary graffiti artist Girl Pink, artwork curator on the Guggenheim Museum Megan Fontanella, high-end designer Daniel Silverstein and sneaker tradition historian Dee Wells, can be showcased in a brand new 30-minute documentary which marks the fourth episode of the Distil Your World documentary collection. The movie premiered throughout a personal occasion in New York on April thirteenth earlier than being launched on YouTube for viewing.
Created from the proper mixture of six European and American oak casks, the whisky displays the distinctive inventive character of the town, its towering structure, and the culinary eclecticism provided by its delis, diners and avenue meals. The Macallan Whisky Maker Polly Logan mentioned: “This undertaking is a homage to the individuals of New York. The daring, inventive and numerous characters we’ve met alongside the best way. This whisky is daring, taste vibrant and uplifting – identical to every of them.”
Constructing on the refined apple notes already attribute of The Macallan – a becoming taste for the Massive Apple – Distil Your World New York additionally presents the sweetness of basic American sweet, with nods to peanut and chocolate. A whisp of sidewalks portrays the bustle of the town whereas uplifting citrus represents the skyscrapers that dominate New York’s skyline. “We actually seemed in direction of the quintessential tastes of New York – candy sweet, waffles, peanut brittle, chocolate, and pecans. The town’s thriving avenue meals scene was an incredible supply of inspiration” mentioned The Macallan Whisky Maker Polly Logan.
The globally acclaimed Roca brothers additionally created a singular menu designed to take diners on a singular journey by way of New York. Their creations, which just like the whisky, play with famend New York flavors together with a potato cronut with salsa brava, waffles with hen pâté and sugar cane syrup and cured and smoked strip steak. The Massive Apple, their masterpiece dessert, includes a caramel apple crammed with contemporary apple puree and milk chocolate.
Joan Roca mentioned: “The originality of New York is countless, it’s inconceivable to painting it with only one creation, so we would have liked to specific it by way of an prolonged menu, the place each dish tells a narrative. The town grabs maintain of you immediately. Its power pushed us to create a posh and daring menu, with concepts that we explored for the very first time.”
Distil Your World New York is housed in a putting white presentation field that includes an engraved aerial map of New York. Daring touches of blue on the field and bottle characterize the water that surrounds the town and the buildings which attain into the sky. Along with the restricted version whisky, the field comprises an expensive e-book showcasing the completely different inspirations behind this single malt, and the craftsmanship concerned in its creation, alongside wealthy New York pictures.
The Macallan Distil Your World New York is a limited-edition launch of 1,000 bottles and can be out there beginning April 2022 for an SRP of $4,200 for the 70cl bottle and $4,500 for the 75cl model.
