Macallan (The) 25 years 1978 Douglas Laing Cask DL Ref 1422 - One of 230 - bottled 2004 The Old Malt Cask

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  • 0.70L

A Macallan single cask distilled in 1978 and bottled in 2004 as part of the Old Malt Cask series. Douglas Laing was founded in 1948 by Fred Douglas Laing, it was primarily a blending house, but also served as a wine merchant, with the latter activity becoming increasingly important over the years. W…More info

Description du lot

  • Distillery: Macallan
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Scotland , Speyside
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 very slightly marked label, 1 slightly folded label, 1 Original box slightly damaged

Fine Spirits Auction price estimate
Macallan (The) 25 years 1978 Douglas Laing Cask DL Ref 1422 - One of 230 - bottled 2004 The Old Malt Cask

Fine Spirits Auction Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)

Fine Spirits Auction Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)

  • Current Price Estimate

  • €381
  • €381 (Highest price)
  • €381 (Lowest price)

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  • 04/10/2024 €381

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Macallan (The) 25 years 1978 Douglas Laing Cask DL Ref 1422 - One of 230 - bottled 2004 The Old Malt Cask

Cuvée presentation

A Macallan single cask distilled in 1978 and bottled in 2004 as part of the Old Malt Cask series. Douglas Laing was founded in 1948 by Fred Douglas Laing, it was primarily a blending house, but also served as a wine merchant, with the latter activity becoming increasingly important over the years. When Fred Douglas Laing passed away in 1982, his two sons Fred and Stewart took control of the business. The latter left in 2013 to found Hunter Laing. Today, Douglas Laing is managed by Fred Laing and his daughter Cara. A limited edition of 230 bottles.

The distillery 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.

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Detailed characteristics

  • Distillery: Macallan
  • Vintage: 1978
  • Bottler: Douglas Laing
  • Age: 25 years
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Scotland , Speyside
  • Alcohol percentage: 50 %
  • Volume: 0.70L
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 very slightly marked label, 1 slightly folded label, 1 Original box slightly damaged
  • Case: Yes
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Color: Brown

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