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Macallan 1965 Carn Mor #2111

Lot: 221722

Macallan 1965 Carn Mor #2111

Winning Bid: £3,200

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Macallan
Age: 
43 year old
Vintage: 
1965
Region: 
Speyside
Bottler: 
Morrison & Mackay
Cask Type: 
cream Sherry Butt
Bottled Strength: 
48.4%
Bottle Size: 
70cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Macallan 1965 Carn Mor #2111

It may be hard to imagine today, but for much of the 20th century, Macallan was primarily a constituent malt in blends. It was not until the 1980s downturn in the market that the distillery decided to focus on its single malt brand. Fortuitously, this coincided with the crest of a wave of enthusiasm for the high quality releases that the distillery had licensed to Campbell, Hope & King and Gordon & MacPhail in the 1960s and 1970s. These remain some of the most collectible on the market. While global single malt sales volume is still lead by Speyside neighbours, Glenfiddich and Glenlivet, Macallan is easily the most sought after. So much so in fact, that they had to open a brand new distillery in 2018, a subterranean architectural masterpiece within the Easter Elchies estate, boasting 36 copper pot stills.  

This is a Celebration of the Cask bottling, the single cask sub-category of Morrison & Mackay's Carn Mor label. Morrison & Mackay are a Perth-based company, producing a number of whisky liqueurs as well as independent single malts and blends, including the popular recently revived Old Perth. In 2017 the firm completed the construction of the Aberargie distillery in the town of the same name.

This bottling came from a parcel of six butts of 1965 Macallan filled into both Oloroso and Fino Sherry casks. They were purchased by Stanley P Morrison Scotch Whisky Brokers and Distillers in the 1980s and sold to a Hugh Irvine Esq. The casks were then subsequently repurchased 25 years later and bottled in 2008 under the Carn Mor label.

Cream sherry butt #2111 produced 384 bottles.

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