The Macallan

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Coordinates: 57°29′3.74″N 3°12′27.28″W / 57.4843722°N 3.2075778°W / 57.4843722; -3.2075778

The Macallan
Region: Speyside
Owner: Highland Distillers
Founded: 1824
Status: Operational
No. of Stills: 10 wash
5 spirit
The Macallan Fine Oak
Age(s): 8-year-old
10-year-old
12-year-old
15-year-old
17-year-old
18-year-old
21-year-old
25-year-old
30-year-old
Cask Type(s): Bourbon
Sherry (both American and European oak)
The Macallan Sherry Oak
Age(s): 10-year-old
10-year-old (cask strength)
12-year-old
Elegancia 12-year-old
18-year-old
25-year-old
30-year-old
Cask Type(s): Sherry (mostly European oak)

The Macallan is a single malt Scotch whisky, produced at Macallan Distillery near Easter Elchies House, at Craigellachie in the Speyside region. Originally, The Macallan was only matured in oak sherry casks brought to the distillery from Jerez, Spain. Beginning in 2004, The Macallan introduced a new main product, the Fine Oak series, with the whisky mellowed in bourbon oak casks as well as sherry ones[1]

In 2007, a bottle of 1926 vintage The Macallan was sold at a Christie's auction for $54,000, making it one of the most expensive bottles of liquor ever sold.[2]

Contents

[edit] Bottlings

The distillery produces a number of expressions, the most generally available being the 12-year-old, though the 18-year-old is also well known. Expensive 25- and 30-year-old versions can also be found. Additionally, a 58% cask strength (i.e., non-diluted) version is widely available. The Elegancia, a 40% ABV (as opposed to 43%) 12-year-old, is available only at duty-free shops. The Macallan is one of the ingredients of The Famous Grouse blend.

[edit] Sherry Oak series

  • The Macallan 7, 10, 12, 18, 25, & 30 years old
  • The Macallan Elegancia

[edit] Fine Oak series

  • The Macallan 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 18, 21, 25, & 30 years old

[edit] Special releases

  • The Macallan (dated, in order of release): 1961 (40yo), 1946 (52yo), 1948 (51yo), & 1951 (49yo)
  • The Macallan Replica (in order of release): 1861, 1874, 1841, 1876, and 1851
  • The Macallan Vintage Travel: 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s
  • The Macallan Exceptional: I, II, III, IV, V, & VI
  • The Macallan Cask Strength: US & UK
  • The Macallan 50 Years Old
  • The Macallan Adami
  • The Macallan Blake
  • The Macallan Gran Reserva 1979, 1980
  • The Macallan Gran Reserva 1982, 2002 bottling
  • The Macallan Millennium Dec
  • The Macallan Private Eye no age statement but edition includes one cask from 1961
  • The Macallan Speaker Martin's
  • The Macallan Lalique (in order of release) 50yo, 55yo

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Macallan Fine Oak (page retrieved 24 May 2006).
  2. ^ $Cotch Whisky

[edit] External links

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