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The third release in The Macallan Edition Series, composed to explore aroma-driven character through varied oak selection.
Overview
Edition No. 3 continues The Macallan’s Edition Series by examining how aroma shapes perception of single malt. This release frames the distillery’s house style through a sensory lens, without departing from its established whisky-making foundations.
The Spirit
Produced by The Macallan in Speyside, Edition No. 3 is drawn from a combination of European and American oak casks selected to emphasise balance between sweetness, fruit, and oak structure. The composition was informed by collaboration with master perfumer Roja Dove, whose sensory interpretation guided cask selection rather than process change. Bottled at 48.3% ABV, the whisky derives its colour and flavour entirely from oak interaction.
Why It Matters
Edition No. 3 documents a period where The Macallan explored transparency in creation by highlighting aroma as a primary design input. It illustrates how sensory analysis can influence cask-led composition while remaining faithful to the distillery’s core practices.
Serving & Context
Best approached neat or with minimal dilution, allowing aromatic detail and underlying structure to settle gradually.
Availability Note
Released as a limited annual edition and now archived, with availability dependent on remaining circulation from the original release.
Catalogue Preview
The third release in The Macallan Edition Series, composed to explore aroma-driven character through varied oak selection.
Overview
Edition No. 3 continues The Macallan’s Edition Series by examining how aroma shapes perception of single malt. This release frames the distillery’s house style through a sensory lens, without departing from its established whisky-making foundations.
The Spirit
Produced by The Macallan in Speyside, Edition No. 3 is drawn from a combination of European and American oak casks selected to emphasise balance between sweetness, fruit, and oak structure. The composition was informed by collaboration with master perfumer Roja Dove, whose sensory interpretation guided cask selection rather than process change. Bottled at 48.3% ABV, the whisky derives its colour and flavour entirely from oak interaction.
Why It Matters
Edition No. 3 documents a period where The Macallan explored transparency in creation by highlighting aroma as a primary design input. It illustrates how sensory analysis can influence cask-led composition while remaining faithful to the distillery’s core practices.
Serving & Context
Best approached neat or with minimal dilution, allowing aromatic detail and underlying structure to settle gradually.
Availability Note
Released as a limited annual edition and now archived, with availability dependent on remaining circulation from the original release.
