The Macallan Harmony Collection Guardian Oak

The Macallan, has unveiled Harmony Guardian Oak, launched on 15 January. The new release is a collaboration with Cirque du Soleil, which produced a “sensory experience” called Spirit at the distillery that ran over the past year. This new duo of whiskies is also meant to celebrate the distillery’s 200th anniversary, something it’s been marking pretty much all year. There are two single malts included—Vibrant Oak and Guardian Oak—each aged in a different combination of sherry-seasoned American and European oak to tell the story of how maturation affects the Macallan’s whisky.

The fourth edition in the Harmony Collection series celebrates The Macallan’s rich history with oak, which runs through every facet of the single malt Scotch whisky.

For this edition of the Harmony Collection, oak chippings – a by-product created while making oak casks for The Macallan were repurposed and used in the presentation box and bottle labels.