Mackmyra Pionjär Whiskey 25th Anniversary Edition

Volume: 0.7 litres | Alcohol content: 46.9% | Chill filtration: No | Colouring: No

Special Features:

Pionjär celebrates Mackmyra’s 25th anniversary with a blend of whisky from eight types of cask, one for each of the distillery’s eight founders. First- and second-fill bourbon casks, new and first-fill American oak casks, PX and Oloroso casks, an Ambassador cask and new Swedish oak all contribute to the blend. Swedish oak accounts for 13.9%; each of the other seven cask types contributes 12.3%.

The anniversary edition comprises 1,999 bottles, each containing 0.7 litres of whisky bottled at 46.9%. It comes in gift packaging. Creamy vanilla and fruit shape the aroma; dried fruit and spices become more prominent on the palate, while bitter oak and dark chocolate emerge in the finish.

Tasting Notes:

• Nose: The nose offers creamy vanilla, raisins, mango and lychee. Blue and red berries appear alongside subtler notes of orange chocolate and ginger.
• Palate: The whisky is intense on the palate: the impressions from the nose remain, but the fruit shifts towards sweet dried fruit such as figs and raisins, while the berry notes become more reminiscent of blue berries. Black pepper and ginger add spice, accompanied by a pronounced vanilla note.
• Finish: The long finish brings together ginger and bitter oak with lingering fruit and berry sweetness; dark chocolate also persists.

Distillery/Bottler:

The idea for Mackmyra arose in 1998 when eight friends met in Sälen. They founded the company in 1999 to make Swedish malt whisky. From the outset, they used Swedish barley, spring water and Swedish oak. The distillery’s approach to maturation also includes specially developed 30-litre casks and storing whisky in the former Bodås mine.

Mackmyra’s Gravity Distillery near Gävle uses gravity to move materials through parts of the production process. Pionjär is bottled by the distillery itself, and its eight cask types evoke Mackmyra’s founding story.

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