LOT ID: 0124-702
End Date : Feb 14 2024 08:00 PM
Prometheus 1988. 28 Year Old. One of 888 bottles. 700ml. 53.0%. In presentation box.
This is the third bottling in the Prometheus Series. The liquid is 28-years-old and was distilled at a very famous undisclosed Speyside distillery whose reputation was built on maturing their stock in fantastic sherry casks. Like its two predecessors in the Prometheus range, this 28-year-old single malt whisky comes from the same Speyside distillery and is a marriage of two sherry butts that were laid down in 1988.
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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.
BID | DATE | TIME | |
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£310.00 | 14th February 2024 | 19:35 | |