Macallan The Archival Series - Folio 1-7
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Macallan The Archival Series - Folio 1-7

A set of 7 Macallan Folio releases, including Folio 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7!

  1. Folio 1 - The much anticipated 2015 limited release from the Macallan. Available only from the distillery, with no more than 2,000 bottles made available. Presented in a lovely book shaped tin which contains a no age statement bottle, although we have been informed by the distillery that it is a minimum of 12 years old sherry matured whisky, this also comes with a hardback book presenting 80's Macallan advertisement pictures along with a USB stick continuing the advertising archive.
  2. Folio 2 - 2017 limited release from The Macallan. Available only from the distillery, with no more than 2,000 bottles made available. Presented in a lovely book shaped tin featuring a water coloured painting from Sara Midda which contains a no age statement bottle, this also comes with a hardback book which revisits The Macallan's original print, press & film advertising campaign from 1980-1994.
  3. Folio 3 -  A collaboration with the creative director, David Holmes, and copywriter, Nick Salaman - who masterminded the original campaign - Folio 3 leads with an advertising feature that celebrates the idea that whisky is best made in cold weather.
  4. Folio 4 - This instalment of the Archival series, the Folio 4 features an advertisement including a strathspey composed by James Scott Skinner (1843-1927). The ad notes that Skinner, "The Strathspey King", was moved to music by the lilting flavour and melting resonances of a tumbler of his favourite malt whisky - The Macallan.
  5. Folio 5 The 2020 limited release from The Macallan. The Folio 5 features an advertisement The Luggy Bonnet: a tale of missed opportunity and the need to "keep this knot firmly tied". It features a story of acquaintances, when one sportsman talks of a so-called ‘disaster’, missing the opportunity of a dram of The Macallan from the Laird as a result of his hat covering his ears.
  6. Folio 6 - The sixth release in The Macallan Archival Series celebrates a wonderfully witty advert, which cleverly featured ‘The Chairman’ as a Scotsman dancing the Highland fling over a pen and brush, the symbols of the advertising team of Holmes and Salaman. At the time, The Macallan Chairman was Allan Shiach, who as a writer himself, was known to suggest the occasional idea to the brand’s creative team. Naturally, the two admen tended to bridle a little at these suggestions from above – but of course, when it was The Macallan Chairman they could hardly demur.
  7. Folio 7 - The Folio 7 continues the ongoing Archival Series remembering the legendary advertising campaigns of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s that took The Macallan to a wider audience for the first time.

Finished

18-12-2023 20:00

1211265

Final Bid: £ 17,000.00

Reserve not met
  • Strength: 43%
  • Bottle Size: 700ml
  • Number Bottles in Lot: 7
  • Distillery / Blender: Macallan
  • Region: Speyside
  • Bottler: Official
  • Batch No: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7
  • Lot Type: Full Size
  • Approximate Volumetric Weight (!): 56kg
  • Please Note ! : Minor scratch to Folio 7 box, dent to inner cover. Refer to photographs.