The Scottish Distillers Macallan, thought by many to be makers of the finest single malt Scottish Whisky in Scotland if not the World. The distillery at Craigellachie, Moray, North-East Scotland is owned by a group known as Edrington, who purchased the distilery from Highland Distillers in 1999.
Macallan's are noted in particular for a barrel of single malt whisky from as long ago as 1926 which then spent a mere 60 years maturing in a former sherry cask, and then bottled in a limited number in 1986. Said to be the finest whisky ever matured.
Two Artists of note, Peter Blake, a pop artist, known for various album covers and the Italian pop artist Valerio Adami, were brought in to design twelve labels each for the whisky bottles. One bottle of the Adami design, sold for a then world record of £848,000k in Edingburgh, in October now known as The Holy Grail of Scotch Whisky. This as now been surpassed with the new landmark price of £1.1 million for the above bottle.
A further single bottle baring a design by the Irish artist Michael Dillon a noted mural painter, being of the Easter Elchies estate at Craigellachie, was sold by Christie's in London at a price of £1 million which in turn equates to around £43,000k per measure. it's debatable what price others of the 40 bottle batch will bring, should they ever come up for sale.
