Macallan (The) 1981 Gordon & MacPhail Speymalt

  • 43% |
  • 0.70L

A Speyside single malt distilled at Macallan in 1981 and matured in the vaults of the Scottish independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail, before being bottled in May 2014 after 32 years of maturation. Bottle equipped with a cork stopper and black foil seal. Note the clear outline of a trout on the bottl…More info

Description du lot

  • Distillery: Macallan
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Scotland , Speyside
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 3.5cm
  • State: 1 very slightly marked label, 1 damaged capsule
  • Origin: Trade
  • Recoverable VAT: Yes
  • Remark: original box

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Fine Spirits Auction price estimate
Macallan (The) 1981 Gordon & MacPhail Speymalt

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

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  • Current Price Estimate

  • €633
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Latest auction prices

  • 11/12/2020 €495

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Lot presentation
Macallan (The) 1981 Gordon & MacPhail Speymalt

Cuvée presentation

A Speyside single malt distilled at Macallan in 1981 and matured in the vaults of the Scottish independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail, before being bottled in May 2014 after 32 years of maturation. Bottle equipped with a cork stopper and black foil seal. Note the clear outline of a trout on the bottle, a species endemic to the River Spey. Introduced in 1998 with the vintage 1966, the Speymalt range offered bottlings from vintages such as 1938, 1940 and 1950.The Macallan distillery and independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail have had a unique commercial relationship since the mid-1930s. Not only does Gordon & MacPhail buy spirit directly from the distillery’’s stills for maturation in its own casks in its vaults in Elgin, but it was also, until the 1970s (along with Campbell & Hope) one of the only bottlers of the distillery’’s official releases.

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: 1981
  • Bottler: Gordon & Macphail
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Scotland , Speyside
  • Alcohol percentage: 43 %
  • Volume: 0.70L
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 3.5cm
  • State: 1 very slightly marked label, 1 damaged capsule
  • Case: No
  • Remark: original box
  • Origin: Trade
  • Recoverable VAT: Yes
  • Color: Brown

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