Grier: Whiskey matures as long as it is in a wooden cask. Grier spoke by telephone with Duncan Mavin. "It would be great to sell it for a world record and then give all the money away to charity," saidĭirector of malts with the Edrington Group, which owns Macallan.īut the question remains for the rest of us: to decant or not to decant? Mr. All of the funds generated by the auctions-including the sale of the Lalique decanter-will be donated to "charity: water," a non-profit group that aims to bring safe drinking water to developing nations.
Along the way, Macallan is auctioning off miniature taster bottles of the 64-year-old Scotch, and has already raised between $6,000 and $9,000 in Paris, London and Moscow. The decanter and its contents are being auctioned at Sotheby's after a world tour with stops in cities including Los Angeles, Seoul, Osaka, Taipei, Shanghai and Hong Kong. Its design features depictions of the Macallan estate in northeast Scotland. The decanter was created using the traditional and now-rare technique of cire perdue, meaning "lost wax," and is shaped with a flat bottom, like the decanters used on board ships in the 1820s. At the end of November in New York, it will seek bids for a 64-year old Macallan-the Scottish distillery's oldest release-sealed in a specially designed decanter from French crystalware firm Lalique. Scottish distillery Macallan hopes at least one serious whiskey drinker wants to decant in style.
Then there's the issue of whether to keep your prized whiskey in the original bottle or decant it-pouring it into a crystal carafe and tossing that bottle into the recycling bin. A decanter from French crystalware firm Lalique.
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