The Macallan 17 Year Old (D.1965, B.1983) Special Edition / 43%/ 0.75l

The Macallan is the most highly regarded whisky among collectors. It all started in the 1950s when the distillery directors decided to expand and sell The Macallan in a single malt version.

The following years only cemented the brand's fame, which currently achieves extremely high prices at auctions, breaking its own records - in November 2018, Christie's auction house sold a bottle of The Macallan 60 years old for £1.2 million. A year later, The Macallan raised its own record to £1.45 million (1926 Vintage, cask # 263). We present here a very rare edition of The Macallan from 1983 intended for the Italian importer Rinaldi, a whisky distilled in 1965 and aged for 17 years in sherry casks.

Nose: rich and elegant, honey, milk chocolate, maple syrup, cantaloupe, papaya, apricots, eucalyptus drops, hazelnuts, potpourri, wax and leather notes.

Palate : chocolate hazelnuts, honey, black cherries, plums, bitter orange jam, licorice, notes of tobacco, leather and sherry-soaked oak.

Finish : long, with notes of sherry, dark chocolate, marzipan, sweet dried fruits, nutmeg, oak and a touch of peat.