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Macallan 12 Year Old - Liqueur Whisky - 100 Proof - Rotation 1971

LOT ID: 0323-305

End Date : Apr 26 2023 08:10 PM

Quick Links: 10-20 Year Old, Macallan, Gordon & MacPhail, Speymalt, Independent Bottler, 1970s, 26 2/3 Fl Ozs, Single Malt, 56%+, Scotland,

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LOT DESCRIPTION

Macallan 12 Year Old. Liqueur Scotch Whisky. Rotation 1971. Bottled by Gordon & MacPhail under licence. 26 2/3 Fl Ozs. 100 Proof. No box.

A somewhat significant Macallan compared to the variations we commonly see. Not only because it's bottled at 100 proof but instead because it specifies Liqueur Whisky prominently across the label.

Liqueur was a term used to identify a whisky as being high quality and was used from around the 1920s to the 1970s. This is one of the earliest examples of Macallan with an age statement and although bottled by Gordon & MacPhail is deemed an official bottling.

This example is specifically from a parcel of stock that was released in 1971 and is most likely from a significant supply of Macallan distilled in 1958. These hardly ever turn up in auction, especially in such crisp condition.

CONDITION

Rip in bottom of label.

FILLING LEVEL

High Neck

Distillery: Macallan

Distillery Status: Working

Bottler: Gordon & MacPhail

Region: Speyside

Bottling Year: 1970s

Age: 12

Category: Single Malt

Country: Scotland

Bottle Size: 26 2/3 Fl Ozs

ABV: 100 Proof

The grandest of Speyside’s blue chip distilleries, Macallan was founded in 1824 and carved a reputation for luxury single malt whisky in the 1980s with string of 18-year-old and 25-year-old sherry-matured vintage single malts distilled in the 1960s and 1970s, building on the renown of earlier highly-regarded licensed bottlings by Gordon & MacPhail and Campbell, Hope and King.

In the early 2000s, as the supply and quality of even the best sherry casks declined dramatically, Macallan introduced their Fine Oak series, an initially controversial range of bottlings that included bourbon-matured spirit in the cask recipe. While the Fine Oak series took some time to find its audience, Macallan’s status as the top Speyside distillery - particularly at auction - was already well-established and today a legion of eager Macallan fans ensure that each new luxury bottling from the distillery sells out immediately on release.

Founded in Elgin as a merchant grocer and wine and spirits wholesaler in 1895, Gordon & MacPhail are one of the oldest independent whisky bottlers in Scotland. Co-founder James Gordon owned shares in Longmorn, Strathisla and Glen Grant, and Gordon & MacPhail were soon bottling officially licensed single malts from several distilleries and sending empty casks from their wine business to be filled with new make spirit and returned for maturation in their Elgin warehouses.

Gordon & MacPhail pioneered high strength single malts at 100 proof (57%) in the 1950s, and in 1968 the company launched Connoisseurs Choice, one of the first integrated ranges of small batch independent whisky bottlings. After finally becoming distillers themselves with the purchase of Benromach in 1993, in 2010 Gordon & MacPhail bottled the first 70-year-old single malt whisky (a Mortlach 1938) and in 2020 the company released the first ever 80-year-old whisky: Glenlivet 1940.

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	BID	DATE	TIME
Last Bids	£3,200.00	26th April 2023	19:59

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