Macallan 50 Year Old - Six Pillars 1st Edition - Lalique Crystal Decanter - 2005 Release

INFORMATION

Macallan 50 Year Old. Six Pillars First Edition. Lalique Crystal Decanter. Bottled 2005. 70cl. 750ml. 46%.

The very first Macallan Lalique has already passed into legend amongst whisky aficionados. First released in 2005 with an outturn of only 470 bottles; a large proportion of the stock in this bottling was substantially older than 50 years.

Another often overlooked fact about the first Lalique edition is that many of them were opened and consumed, as a result the true number that remains is now far lower than many actually realise making this the hardest in the Lalique series to acquire now.

A truly remarkable feat of design, cask selection, blending and execution by Lalique and Macallan, and one of the great modern masterpieces of single malt scotch whisky. This starting block for the other entries in the Lalique series that followed remains the ultimate in prestige and one of the best Macallans ever bottled.

DISTILLERY:Macallan

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:46%

Bottle SIZE:75cl / 750ml

Bottle PRODUCED:470

BOTTLER:Distillery Bottling

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

BOTTLING DATE::2005

AGE:50

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.