Macallan 1959 - Campbell Hope & King - Rinaldi Import

INFORMATION

Macallan 1959. Bottled by Campbell Hope & King and imported by Rinaldi. Matured in Sherry Casks. 75cl. 26 2/3 Fl Ozs. 80 Proof.

A marvellous old 1959 vintage Macallan bottled in the late 1970s before the distillery took its official bottlings in-house. This edition is a licensed bottling by UK merchants Campbell, Hope & King for the Italian importer Rinaldi, and was released at 80 Imperial proof, equivalent to 46% alcohol by volume. These magnificent licensed bottlings of vintage Macallan were once commonplace, but were replaced in the 1980s by the official core range 18-year-old.

DISTILLERY:Macallan

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:80 Proof

Bottle SIZE:26 2/3 Fl Ozs

BOTTLER:Campbell Hope & King

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

DISTILLED YEAR:1959

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.