Macallan (The) 25 years 1964 Of. Anniversary Malt bottled 1989 Special Bottling
43%
0.75L
Intensity
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Macallan (The) 25 years 1964 Of. Anniversary Malt bottled 1989 Special Bottling
The wine
A Macallan 25 Year Old Anniversary Malt distilled in 1964 and bottled in 1989. The first Anniversary Malt was released in 1983—as a 50th Anniversary edition—when Macallan recovered control over its bottlings and completely updated its range. The bottlings in the range were originally vintages until they were replaced with a 25 year old with no stated vintage in the 2000s.
About the Producer Macallan
Macallan is to Scottish single malts what Petrus is to French grand crus - a monument! To this day, no other distillery has sold a single edition at such a high auction price as The Macallan 60 Year Old 1926 Dillon, which fetched £1.2 million in 2018.Macallan owes this renown to the excellence of its production methods and its sherry-cask maturation, as well as the business acumen of its owners who, in the early 20th century, set out to conquer numerous markets, and the aptness of their vision of the distillery and its single malt, which they recognized as being akin to a château and grand cru. This led to the whisky adopting practices from the world of wine, including vintage bottlings for all versions aged 15 years and older, with the help up until the late 1960s of companies such as Campbell, Hope & King and Gordon & MacPhail, who bottled and distributed the malt on The Macallan's behalf. The 1990s saw the appearance of elegant 25 and 30 year olds, including those presented in the Tudor Crystal Decanters range, presaging the change in direction The Macallan would take in the new millennium. In 1999, an outstanding copper-adorned curved crystal decanter was released for a 50 Year Old edition distilled in 1949.
Detailed characteristics
Quantity: 1 bottle
Level: 1 NormalObservations: 1 Marked label, 1 Stained labelOrigin: private individual
Type of cellar: underground, natural cellar
Recoverable VAT: no
Original wooden case / Original case: yes
French customs seal: yes
Alcohol percentage: 43 %
Region: Scotland - Speyside
Appellation: Macallan (The)
Colour: amber
Intensity: classic