The Bite Magazine - Summer 2012 - Issue 5

bite drinks better to promote this malt than in a bar in the heart of Hudson, where the atmosphere is lively and buzzing, the lighting and mood is wooden and enchanting and Kevin’s body language with the malt whisky tells a story of its own… With its perfumed chocolate and orange aroma and sweet and fruity flavour it appears that Annie has channelled the 1989 Sherry Butt perfectly with the Gallery scene. Kevin’s desire for the woman in the photograph is sexy and teases us exactly how the dry finish of this malt does.The consumer just wants more… The 1995 Sherry Oak Hoghead is red mahogany in colouring with a rich, raisin smelling entrée followed closely with toasted apple, ginger and clean polished oak flavourings.This malt is mature and sophisticated like the surrounding of the third photograph.The library holds wisdom and warmth and the image, like this malt, is inviting. The final of the malt editions is the 1996 American Oak Butt. It holds a modern scent of lemon, citrus fruits, vanilla and cream soda but with a sturdy hint of freshly cut wood – a smell most would associate with a malt whisky.The taste is vicious, initially it’s the oak but this wavers through to the citrus and cinnamon flavours with a toffee apple twist, and how did Annie define this malt? With the NewYork skyline of course! The image captured is bold, warm and empowering - exactly like Manhattan itself! McKidd is literally ‘on top of the world’ with a sense of accomplishment in the atmosphere. Each chosen whisky is presented to its buyer with a very special labelled bottle illustrating the location shot of that malt as well as a book which documents the photo shoot, stamped with the name of the brilliant Ms Leibovitz and the Macallan brand.With a release of only 1000 bottles between the four malts, one bottle can be purchased at the justifiable and suggested retail price of £1700/$2750. In addition to these magnificent bottles, four more unique and individually customised bottles from the year of 1949 and the rare Macallan collection will be released to celebrate the outstanding contribution and work of Annie. With a ‘small’ reserve price of $25,000 the collection will be available with a signed one-off gallery sized print following a three city world exhibition tour of Hong Kong, Moscow and NewYork; a reasonable price to pay for such an exclusive piece of memorabilia. Every piece of photography starts the story, every scent welcomes a taste, and every flavour compliments a mood… the only question is, which single malt will it be for you? Those wishing to purchase one of the collections can visit www.themacallan.com and register their interest online.