Macallan Harmony Amber Meadow

The Macallan Harmony Collection Amber Meadow Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky — 2023 Travel Retail Release, 80 Proof

Price

$229.95

✔ Authenticated by the house — seal, fill level, and label inspected before release
✔ Documented provenance on every bottle
✔ Climate-safe, collector-grade packaging

Age: NAS | Region: Speyside (Highland) | Proof: 80

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Adult signature (21+) at delivery

44.2%

ABV

Oct 2023

Released

70cl

Format

Speyside

Region

Edrington

Brand owner

The Macallan Harmony Collection Amber Meadow is the third release in the series, bottled at 44.2% ABV and made in collaboration with Stella and Mary McCartney — their first joint project. It is also the first Harmony release built on a combination of sherry-seasoned oak and bourbon casks, which is a departure for a distillery whose identity rests almost entirely on sherry seasoning.

Nº 01

The Elemental Distinction

44.2% ABV. Released October 2023 worldwide; United States from early December 2023.

Sherry-seasoned oak and bourbon casks. The first Harmony release to use ex-bourbon wood.

The first joint venture between Stella and Mary McCartney, daughters of Paul McCartney.

Macallan declares the colour 100% natural, derived from the casks rather than added.

Presentation box and bottle labels made from discarded meadow cuttings.

Green Meadow, the travel-retail counterpart, was bottled at 40.2%.

Nº 02

Cask & Craft

Amber Meadow

The packaging is made of the place the photography shows. Presentation boxes and bottle labels for this release were produced from discarded meadow cuttings, and the box itself carries Mary McCartney's photographs of The Macallan Estate — the 485 acres surrounding the distillery on a plateau above the River Spey, where the distillery has stood since 1824. So the material and the image have the same source, which is a tighter version of the Harmony premise than the cacao and coffee releases managed, since those imported their by-products from other industries. The McCartney sisters' involvement follows the same logic rather than being a celebrity signature: Stella McCartney built a fashion house on sustainable materials and Mary McCartney is a photographer, and the collaboration split along exactly those lines.

Nº 03

Cask & Packaging

What the release is built on

Casks

A combination of sherry-seasoned oak

And bourbon casks

Packaging

Presentation box and bottle labels made

From discarded meadow cuttings; box carries Mary McCartney's photography of The Macallan Estate

Collaboration

Stella and Mary McCartney

Their first joint venture

Whisky Maker

Steven Bremner, with The Macallan

Whisky Mastery Team

Nº 04

Sensory Profile & Strategy

Distiller notes & position

Sensory Profile

Colour: What Macallan calls a summer evening colour, 100% natural and drawn from the sherry-seasoned oak and bourbon casks rather than added.
Nose: Fresh citrus and honeysuckle, with vanilla, coconut and ripe barley fields behind them.
Palate: Oak, lemon and melon leading, with scone, almond and green tea, into a rich, sweet, long finish.

Strategic Position

Macallan's whole proposition is sherry-seasoned oak — casks commissioned, coopered and seasoned to its own specification in Jerez, at a cost and a timescale almost no other distillery accepts. Amber Meadow puts bourbon casks alongside them, and the result shows: the vanilla and coconut on the nose are ex-bourbon signatures that a sherry-only Macallan does not produce. For a series about stepping outside familiar territory, that is a more substantive departure than any of the flavour briefs before it, because it changes the wood rather than the reference. It sits among the Macallan expressions in our vault, after the coffee pairing before it.

Nº 05

Collector Note & Index

Vault provenance

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Collector Note

Check the ABV against the listing you are buying from, because this release is getting misreported. At least one United States merchant currently shows Amber Meadow at 44.3% with a description beneath it that belongs to a different release in the collection entirely — the Ethiopian coffee copy from Harmony II. The correct figure is 44.2%, which is what Macallan's own press materials and the trade coverage give. Two other things worth knowing. Its travel-retail counterpart Green Meadow is 40.2% and was never sold domestically, so a complete Harmony III is two bottles from two channels. And the US allocation lagged the global launch by roughly two months, arriving in early December 2023, which matters when a seller dates a bottle by the October release. The oak release that followed went further into the wood itself.

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How to Taste It

Look for the coconut. It is the clearest ex-bourbon marker in the glass and the thing a sherry-seasoned Macallan will not give you, so it is the most direct way to hear what the cask change actually did. Pour this beside any standard Macallan of similar strength and the difference is not subtle once you know where to listen — the citrus and honeysuckle read as Macallan, the vanilla and coconut read as American oak that held bourbon. Neat, at room temperature, and no water: at 44.2% there is nothing locked up that dilution would release, and the bourbon notes are the first thing to thin out.

Collector IndexMW VAULT

Distillery: The Macallan, Craigellachie, Moray
Class: Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Collection: The Harmony Collection
Released: October 2023 worldwide
ABV: 44.2%
Whisky Maker: Steven Bremner, with The Macallan Whisky Mastery Team
Format: 70cl

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Technical Specifications

Specification	Detail
Class	Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Collection	The Harmony Collection — Harmony III, domestic release
Released	October 2023 worldwide; United States early December 2023
ABV	44.2%
Casks	A combination of sherry-seasoned oak and bourbon casks
Colour	100% natural, derived from the casks
Collaboration	Stella and Mary McCartney — their first joint venture
Whisky Maker	Steven Bremner, with The Macallan Whisky Mastery Team
Packaging	Presentation box and bottle labels made from discarded meadow cuttings; box carries Mary McCartney's photography of The Macallan Estate
Travel-retail counterpart	Green Meadow, 40.2% ABV, in airport boutiques from October 2023 at $185
Format	70cl
Region	Speyside
Distillery	The Macallan, Craigellachie, Moray
Brand owner	Edrington

Nº 07

Records & Assurance

Authentication & Vault Preservation

Every bottle sold through Midnight Whiskey is sourced as an authentic, sealed product and inspected before it ships. Orders are packed with padded, glass-rated handling and require an adult signature (21+) on delivery; we do not ship to anyone unable to verify legal drinking age. For our full sourcing and handling protocols, see our editorial and authentication standards.

Frequently Asked Questions

What ABV is Macallan Harmony Amber Meadow?

44.2% ABV. Some retail listings give 44.3%, which is incorrect — Macallan's own press materials and the trade coverage at launch both state 44.2%. Its travel-retail counterpart, Green Meadow, was bottled at 40.2%.

What casks was Amber Meadow matured in?

A combination of sherry-seasoned oak and bourbon casks. That makes it the first release in the Harmony Collection to use ex-bourbon wood, which is a notable departure for Macallan — the distillery's house identity rests on sherry-seasoned casks commissioned and seasoned to its own specification in Jerez. The vanilla and coconut notes on the nose come from the bourbon component.

Who are Stella and Mary McCartney and what did they contribute?

They are the fashion designer and the photographer and filmmaker respectively, both daughters of Paul McCartney, and Amber Meadow marked their first joint venture. Mary McCartney's photography of The Macallan Estate appears on the presentation box, and the collaboration drew on the sisters' memories of summers at their family farm in the Scottish countryside. The packaging itself was made from discarded meadow cuttings.

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