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The Cire Perdue Decanter, is a vessel worthy of holding arguably the most precious whisky in the world.
Produced using the lost wax process, The Macallan and Lalique Cire Perdue Decanter is beyond special. This one-off piece (the only one in existence) was designed at Lalique's Paris studio and is based on a ship's decanter from the 1820s - the decade in which The Macallan was founded.
The lost wax process is a century-old process of casting large pieces in bronze. It is extremely complex. In the case of the design this incorporates various elements entwined with The Macallan's heritage such as barley and oak (vital in the whisky making process) as well as woodlands and Thomas Telford's Bridge - locations dear to The Macallan's spiritual home, Easter Elchies House where the famous single malt has been produced since 1824.
As for the flavour of the rich, oak colour, it tickles the nose with hints of peat smoke, dried orange peel, muscovado sugar, cedar wood, spicy cinnamon sticks and cloves. On the palate it's spicy, offering blood orange, rosin, treacle, walnut, cocoa chocolate and peat smoke, before finishing softly and smoothly with touches of peat, dark chocolate and spice.
Both the decanter and its 'cargo' are travelling the globe, stopping in a few choice locations such as London, Paris and Moscow. At each stop a 10cl dram of the precious liquid is auctioned to benefit 'charity:water", a non-profit organisation that provides clean drinking water in developing nations. In Hong Kong instead of an auction a giant raffle was held which raised US$17,300 – a record for the trip so far.
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