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

INFORMATION

Macallan 12 Year Old. Liqueur Scotch Whisky. Rotation 1971. Bottled by Gordon & MacPhail under licence. 26 2/3 Fl Ozs. 100 Proof.

A beautiful old bottle of Macallan 12-year-old 100-Proof (57.1%) bottled in 1971 by Gordon & MacPhail. This is an officially licensed Macallan from the days before the distillery took their official bottlings in-house, and comes in Gordon & MacPhail’s much-loved screen printed thistle bottle. This whisky would have been distilled in the late 1950s and matured in top-drawer sherry casks, and these high strength Macallans bottled in the 1970s are never less than spectacular.

DISTILLERY:Macallan

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:100 Proof

Bottle SIZE:26 2/3 Fl Ozs

BOTTLER:Gordon & MacPhail

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

BOTTLING DATE::1970s

AGE:12

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.