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Macallan (The) 1841 Of. Replica

  • 41.70% |
  • 0.70L

Macallan 1841 Replica was released in 2003. It is the third bottling in the series, after the 1861 and 1874. The series was designed to replicate old bottles of Macallan acquired by the distillery and their contents. Some of these bottlings, however, raised the suspicions of enthusiasts and experts …More info

  • Distillery: Macallan
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Scotland , Speyside
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 wax capsule, 1 very slightly marked label

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Macallan (The) 1841 Of. Replica

The wine

Macallan 1841 Replica was released in 2003. It is the third bottling in the series, after the 1861 and 1874. The series was designed to replicate old bottles of Macallan acquired by the distillery and their contents. Some of these bottlings, however, raised the suspicions of enthusiasts and experts who doubted their authenticity. Closer research confirmed these doubts and it was revealed that these bottles were simply fakes. The Replicas are therefore reproductions of fake bottlings that nonetheless continued to pique the interests of collectors, even after the truth was revealed.

The distillery 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

  • Distillery: Macallan
  • Vintage: 1841
  • Bottler: Of.
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Scotland , Speyside
  • Alcohol percentage: 41.70 %
  • Volume: 0.70L
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 wax capsule, 1 very slightly marked label
  • Case: No
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Color: Brown
Macallan (The) 1841 Of. Replica
Macallan (The) 1841 Of. Replica

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Macallan (The) 1841 Of. Replica

iDealwine Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)Bottle format