Lot presentation

Macallan (The) 25 years 1970 Of. Anniversary Malt bottled 1996 Special Bottling

The wine

A Macallan 25 Year Old Anniversary Malt distilled in 1970 and bottled in 1996. The first Anniversary Malt was released in 1983—as a 50th Anniversary edition—when Macallan recovered control over its bottlings and completely updated its range. The bottlings in the range were originally vintages until they were replaced with a 25 year old with no stated vintage in the 2000s.

About the Producer Macallan

Macallan is to Scottish single malts what Petrus is to French grand crus - a monument! In 2023, a bottle of 1926 Valerio Adami collection for £2.2 million.
Macallan owes this renown to the excellence of its production methods and its sherry-cask maturation, as well as the business acumen of its owners who, in the early 20th century, set out to conquer numerous markets, and the aptness of their vision of the distillery and its single malt, which they recognized as being akin to a château and grand cru. This led to the whisky adopting practices from the world of wine, including vintage bottlings for all versions aged 15 years and older, with the help up until the late 1960s of companies such as Campbell, Hope & King and Gordon & MacPhail, who bottled and distributed the malt on The Macallan's behalf. The 1990s saw the appearance of elegant 25 and 30 year olds, including those presented in the Tudor Crystal Decanters range, presaging the change in direction The Macallan would take in the new millennium. In 1999, an outstanding copper-adorned curved crystal decanter was released for a 50 Year Old edition distilled in 1949.