As 2025 draws to a close, luxury spirits are unveiling their latest releases in a bid to leverage the seasonal festivities and tap into new markets within the Southeast Asian region. From The Macallan’s poetic homage to the Southern Hemisphere sunrise in “A Night on Earth: The First Light”, to Minuty’s artist-collaborated “M Limited Edition” that captures the French Riviera’s landscapes, brands are turning bottles into stories.
Solisca Tequila brings Asia-first transparency and dual-terroir artistry, while Hibiki’s Premium Gift Edition embodies Japanese balance and design. Glenfiddich XS celebrates the virtue of patience through decades-old casks, Dalmore’s “Luminary No.3: The Rare” unites 52 years of whisky with sculptural architecture and Bowmore’s ARC Series pairs half-century-old liquid with visionary design and immersive distillery experiences. Across these offerings, year-end releases highlight rarity and storytelling, inviting collectors and enthusiasts to elevate their festive tipple selections while driving brand engagement and generating (hopefully) long-term demand.
The Macallan A Night on Earth: The First Light
For the 2025 festive season, The Macallan adds a new chapter to its A Night on Earth series with “The First Light”, a limited-edition single malt aligned with year-end gifting. The fourth release in the series, the whisky draws its narrative from New Zealand — one of the first places in the world to welcome the New Year — positioning the bottle around the arrival of the year’s first sunrise. The whisky is crafted from a combination of sherry-seasoned American and European oak casks, with a measured influence of ex-bourbon American oak. This cask selection delivers a balanced profile, offering notes of berry compote, toasted marshmallows and Manuka honey, followed by a sweet, gently spiced finish.
Beyond flavour, the release reinforces The Macallan’s production-led positioning. Every cask used for
“The First Light” is assessed in-house by the Whisky Mastery Team, reflecting the brand’s continued emphasis on vertical control and consistency at a time when many producers rely on outsourced processes. The packaging supports the narrative without overpowering the product. The Macallan collaborated with New Zealand illustrator Bonnie Brown to translate Southern Hemisphere New Year traditions into a three-part visual story — sunset, celebration and first light — expressed across layered packaging. The approach aligns with the brand’s wider strategy of using artist collaborations to anchor limited releases in place and culture.
Minuty M Limited Edition
2025 sees Minuty continue its long-running artist collaboration programme with a limited-edition release of “M de Minuty”, designed by Australian artist Elliott Routledge. Part of a series initiated in 2018, the project reinforces Minuty’s strategy of using design-led editions to extend brand equity while maintaining the recognisable identity of its flagship cuvée.
Routledge’s design draws directly from the landscapes surrounding Saint-Tropez, where the Minuty estate has been rooted since 1936. The artwork interprets the region’s defining elements through a restrained visual language that reflects the topography of the land, the influence of the Mediterranean Sea and the changing light of the Riviera sky. Gradations of blue and pink reference sea and sunset, while linear forms echo vineyard contours shaped by both nature and cultivation.
The result is a bottle that communicates place without relying on overt symbolism. Blue dominates the palette, a deliberate choice aligned with Routledge’s practice and with the visual codes of the Saint-Tropez peninsula. The design shifts subtly under different lighting conditions, separating the bottle from other wine labels on the market. The collaboration was developed during a residency at Château Minuty, where Routledge worked closely with brothers Jean-Etienne and François Matton. The wine itself remains unchanged. Minuty M Rosé is produced exclusively from hand-harvested grapes grown in the Côtes de Provence, a rarity at its scale. Grenache provides aromatic lift, Cinsault adds freshness and Syrah contributes structure. The profile is defined by red berry notes, soft texture and a clean finish, positioning it for both by-the-glass service and festive dining occasions. In Singapore, the 2025 Minuty M Limited Edition is available at The Eight at Fairmont Singapore from December 2025 through January 2026.
Solisca Tequila
Solisca Tequila has launched in Singapore, extending its Asia-first expansion strategy into one of the region’s most influential premium spirits markets. Produced in Jalisco and certified additive-free, Solisca is made from 100 percent Blue Weber Agave sourced from both the highlands and lowlands, positioning the brand firmly within the growing demand for transparency and quality in tequila. Singapore marks Solisca’s latest entry following launches in Los Angeles, Seoul, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Bali. What makes Solisca differ from its competitors is how the brand prioritises allocation for Asia — a decision shaped by supply realities and the rapid growth of premium tequila consumption across the region.
Solisca’s dual-terroir approach blends highland agave for aromatic lift with lowland agave for structure and minerality. The resulting profile is clean, balanced and versatile, designed for both sipping and cocktail programmes — making it an ideal festive tipple. The portfolio launches in Singapore with two expressions. Solisca Blanco is double-distilled and unaged, delivering a crisp agave-forward profile suited to highballs, light cocktails and neat serves. Solisca Reposado Cristalino is rested in large American oak Pipón barrels before filtration, retaining the depth of an aged tequila while achieving visual clarity. The expression reflects the rising interest in Cristalino styles, particularly among consumers seeking smoothness without sweetness or additives.
Hibiki Premium Gift Edition
For the 2025 festive season, The House of Suntory unveils the Hibiki Premium Gift Edition, a limited release that underscores the brand’s commitment to celebrating life’s precious moments and Japanese design. Rooted in Suntory’s founding philosophy, the release reflects Hibiki’s position as a whisky defined by balance rather than excess. The presentation is anchored by the 花車文様 “Hanaguruma” motif, a traditional Japanese pattern depicting a flower-adorned cart. Layered with auspicious cloud forms and seasonal symbols — plum blossoms, cherry blossoms and autumn leaves — the design references the passage of time and the changing seasons, a recurring theme within Hibiki’s identity. The result is a bottle and box that symbolise the changing of the Japanese seasons and progress toward a bright new year.
At its core is Hibiki’s signature blended whisky, selected for its refined and harmonious profile. Notes of oak, honey and subtle spice unfold with clarity, delivering a composed expression that mirrors the precision behind its creation. Released as a seasonal edition, the Hibiki Premium Gift Edition reinforces the brand’s enduring approach to whisky making.
Glenfiddich Unveils Glenfiddich XS Collection
William Grant & Sons opens a new chapter for Glenfiddich with the introduction of Glenfiddich XS — a premium collection of three age-statement single malts defined by extended maturation and sherry cask finishing. What distinguishes Glenfiddich XS is time. Drawn from stocks laid down decades ago, the collection centres on extended ageing and deliberate secondary maturation, allowing flavour to develop gradually rather than through aggressive cask influence. The result is a range built on controlled evolution, where each finish enhances the distillery’s core profile instead of overpowering it.
Created by Malt Master Brian Kinsman, the collection comprises 15-, 18- and 21-year-old expressions, each finished in a distinct sherry cask to build additional depth without diluting Glenfiddich’s signature Speyside character. Oloroso enhances the freshness and spice of the 15-year-old, Moscatel introduces richness and aromatic complexity to the 18-year-old, while Pedro Ximénez lends density and layered sweetness to the 21-year-old. Positioned as a limited collection, Glenfiddich XS reflects a broader shift towards patience-led luxury in whisky, where age, restraint and long-term vision outweigh novelty. Designed for collectors and seasoned drinkers, the range functions as an archive release — a reminder that Glenfiddich’s strength lies in stock stewardship as much as innovation.
Dalmore Luminary No.3 2025 Edition The Rare
Dalmore presents “Luminary No.3: The Rare”, an extraordinary convergence of whisky craftsmanship and architectural artistry. Created in collaboration with Scotland’s V&A Dundee and architect Ben Dobbin of Foster & Partners, this exceptionally limited release comprises just two decanters — making it one of the rarest expressions in The Dalmore collection. Matured for 52 years, “The Rare” is housed within Dobbin’s sculptural design, a striking example of tensegrity, where form and stability are achieved through precisely balanced tension. Crafted from bronze, brass and Scottish brown oak, the sculpture evokes a sense of movement and precision, reflecting the layered complexity of the whisky within.
The whisky itself is built on a foundation of American white oak ex-bourbon casks and finished across an unparalleled combination of Calvados vintage 1980, 1940 Colheita port, tawny port, 40-year-old Pedro Ximénez and rare Châteauneuf-du-Pape red wine casks. This meticulous selection creates a rich, multidimensional profile, with aromas of baked red apples, sugared almonds and soft wood spice. The palate reveals notes of caramel, apple crumble, dark chocolate and blood orange, leading to a lingering finish of vanilla, tarte tatin, marzipan and liquorice. Dalmore’s Luminary No.3: The Rare is a collector’s pinnacle, where exceptional whisky and architectural vision unite in a release that is as visually remarkable as it is sensorially unforgettable.
Bowmore ARC Series
Exclusively curated for WOWS (World of Wines & Spirits), the Bowmore ARC Series at SGD 218,000 captures the soul of Islay through its rare ARC-52 and ARC-54 expressions — liquid legacies matured for over half a century. The ARC-52 unites some of Bowmore’s oldest vintages from the 1960s in a Mokume-inspired decanter, a multi-dimensional single malt that epitomises balance, craftsmanship and the distillery’s historic mastery of cask maturation. ARC-54 — aged for 54 years in Bowmore’s legendary No.1 Vaults — layers tropical fruit notes with a subtle whisper of Islay peat smoke, its complexity mirrored in a sculptural decanter whose lyrical lines flow organically to capture the spirit’s infinite depth.
Both releases invite collectors to an immersive experience at the Bowmore Distillery, including private fine dining and bespoke island journeys that echo the heritage and innovation of the distillery. Together, the ARC Series represents a pinnacle of Bowmore’s craft, where generational knowledge, visionary design and sensorial sophistication converge in one of the world’s most exceptional single malt collections.
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