Description
Distillery:
Macallan
Age:
18 Year old
Vintage:
1976
Region:
Speyside
Bottler:
Official
Cask type:
Sherry wood
Bottle strength:
43%
Bottle size:
70cl
Distillery status:
Operational
Macallan vintage releases produced by Campbell, Hope & King tended to be aged around the 15 year old mark, but when Macallan took over the responsibility in 1980, they toyed for a few releases with more advanced age-statements of 17 and 18 years old. The latter was deemed the optimum maturation, and the official 18 year old was launched in 1984. It is now an absolute classic of the whisky world.
Distilled in 1976, this was was bottled in 1994. These early releases were packaged in the instantly recognisable purple-sashed white boxes, featuring the Sara Midda watercolours of Easter Elchies house, synonymous with Macallan of the period.
Distillery:
Macallan
Age:
18 Year old
Vintage:
1976
Region:
Speyside
Bottler:
Official
Cask type:
Sherry wood
Bottle strength:
43%
Bottle size:
70cl
Distillery status:
Operational