Macallan 1986 The Romantica Collection by Valerio Adami

Description

Macallan 1986 Valerio Adami The Romantica Collection is an exceptionally rare single malt drawn from a single sherry seasoned European oak cask, no. 9925, filled in 1986 and quietly matured in a corner of The Macallan Estate. Bottled in 2026 at 48.6% ABV after four decades of maturation, this edition is limited to just 86 bottles. The Romantica Collection reunites the trio of artists originally commissioned for The Macallan 1926, with Italian master Valerio Adami contributing a label drawn directly from one of his own sketches from 1986, a graphic composition of a lady beneath the moon and stars that captures the very year cask 9925 was filled. The whisky reveals the luminous character of forty years in sherry seasoned oak, opening with dried fruits, candied orange peel, dark chocolate and warming spice over a base of polished antique oak. The palate is deep and silken with rich raisin, walnut, leather and bittersweet cocoa, framed by the unmistakable structure of European oak. The finish is exceptionally long, balancing sweet sherry-soaked fruit with warming spice and a tannic oak signature. As one of only 258 bottles across the complete Romantica Collection, this release brings Adami's bold modernist line into singular alignment with the distillery's most romantic 1986 vintage.