Macallan (The) 1955 Of. Pure Highland Malt Sherry Wood Matured (75cl.)

  • 45.85% | 
  • 0.70L

Macallan distilled in 1955, matured in sherry wood, bottled in the 1970s and imported to Italy by Rinaldi, the importer of Macallan on the peninsula at the time. It is part of a series of Macallan vintages ranging from 1946 to 1965. It is not mention…More info

Lot description

  • Distillery: Macallan
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Scotland , Speyside
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 good appearance

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Lot presentation
Macallan (The) 1955 Of. Pure Highland Malt Sherry Wood Matured (75cl.)

Cuvée presentation

Macallan distilled in 1955, matured in sherry wood, bottled in the 1970s and imported to Italy by Rinaldi, the importer of Macallan on the peninsula at the time. It is part of a series of Macallan vintages ranging from 1946 to 1965. It is not mentioned on the labels, but we know from the boxes that the whiskies are 15 years old. These old Macallans have played a major part in the legend of the famous Scottish distillery, which the writer Michael Jackson described as the “Rolls-Royce of whiskies”.

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: 1955
  • Bottler: Of.
  • Appellation: Single Malt Whisky
  • Country/Region: Scotland , Speyside
  • Alcohol percentage: 45.85 %
  • Volume: 0.70L
  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • State: 1 good appearance
  • Case: No
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Color: Brown

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