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Macallan 31 Year Old - Vintage Bottlers - The Marriage - 2023 Release



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End Date : Aug 05 2026 08:00 PM

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CONDITION

Scratched box.

FILLING LEVEL

Shoulder

LOT DESCRIPTION

Macallan 1989/1991 - 2023. 31 Year Old. The Marriage. Bottled by Vintage Bottlers. Cask numbers 5447 & 2598. On of 272 bottles. 75cl. 45.5%. In presentation box.

A limited edition Macallan, The Marriage was bottled by Vintage Bottlers in May 2023 from the marriage of just two single casks: cask #5447, distilled on 6 April 1989, and cask #2598, distilled on 7 February 1991. Matured for over three decades before being united, only 272 decanters were produced.

Rather than showcasing a single cask, this release celebrates the art of marrying two mature casks to create a whisky of greater balance, depth and complexity. The resulting 31-year-old single malt offers a rare glimpse of long-aged Macallan spirit from two vintages brought together after decades of independent maturation.

Presented in an impressive handcrafted wooden cabinet with an elegant crystal stopper and decanter, The Marriage is as distinctive in presentation as it is in concept. Each decanter is accompanied by an individually numbered certificate of authenticity detailing the cask numbers, distillation dates and bottling date.

Distillery:  Macallan

Distillery Status:  Working

Region: Speyside

Distilled Year: 1989 & 1991

Bottling Year: 2023

Age: 31

Bottles Produced: 272

Limited Edition: yes

Cask Number: 5447 & 2598

Category: Single Malt

Country: Scotland

Bottle Size: 75cl / 750ml

ABV: 45.5%

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 a 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, Hall & Bramley 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.

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