Long before it is decanted into glass bottles or poured into crystal tumblers, The Macallan\u2019s single malt whisky lives in the woods. At the beautiful Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners-designed distillery in Speyside, Scotland, a dedicated Master of Wood sources oak for more than 200,000 barrels from trees in...
Whiskey producer The Macallan commissions Magnum photographer Steve McCurry to document the production of their oak casks, from logging to seasoning
Long before it is decanted into glass bottles or poured into crystal tumblers, The Macallan’s single malt whisky lives in the woods. At the beautiful-designed distillery in Speyside, Scotland, a dedicated Master of Wood sources oak for more than 200,000 barrels from trees in the US and Spain. The wood is dried, shaped and formed at a specialist Spanish cooperage, the barrels then seasoned with dark, orange-amber hued, richly textured Oloroso sherry from Jerez, in southern Spain.
As well as evoking the sights, sounds and even the smells of the forests where the oaks that form The Macallan’s casks are grown, McCurry’s work also reveals the craft and commitment of the coopers who spend many years learning and perfecting their art.
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