Lot presentation
Macallan (The) 12 years Of.
The wine
A Speyside (Highlands) single malt distilled at the Macallan distillery, aged for at least 12 years, triple matured in bourbon and sherry casks produced from American oak and European oak. The Fine Oak range was introduced in the mid-2000s to address the scarcity of sherry casks and respond to increasing consumer demand. Presented in a box of 12 miniatures.
About the Producer Macallan
Macallan is to Scottish single malts what Petrus is to French grand crus - a monument! To this day, no other distillery has sold a single edition at such a high auction price as The Macallan 60 Year Old 1926 Dillon, which fetched £1.2 million in 2018.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.
Detailed characteristics
Quantity: 1 bottle
Level: 1 To 3.5cmObservations: 1 Marginally marked label, 1 Marginally scratched labelOrigin: private individual
Type of cellar: underground, natural cellar
Recoverable VAT: no
Original wooden case / Original case: yes
French customs seal: yes
Alcohol percentage: 43 %
Region: Scotland - Speyside
Appellation: Macallan (The)
Colour: amber
Intensity: classic