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Macallan 1976 Cadenhead's 22 Year Old Sherry Wood 75cl / US Import

Lot: 222650

Macallan 1976 Cadenhead's 22 Year Old Sherry Wood 75cl / US Import

Winning Bid: £1,600

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Macallan
Age: 
22 Year Old
Vintage: 
1976
Region: 
Speyside
Bottler: 
Wm. Cadenhead
Cask Type: 
sherry wood
Bottled Strength: 
52.2%
Bottle Size: 
75cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Macallan 1976 Cadenhead's 22 Year Old Sherry Wood 75cl / US Import

The Authentic Collection was launched by Wm. Cadenhead in 1991, and included whiskies from several rare closed Scottish and Irish distilleries, bottled for the company's 150th anniversary. It would later go on to become a mainstay of their portfolio, as the cask strength alternative to the Original Collection, which replaced their famous "dumpy" bottlings in the early 1990s. The Authentic Collection is now the flagship Cadenhead brand, and one of the most recognisable independent labels on the market.

This 1976 vintage Macallan was bottled from sherry wood in September 1998.

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.   

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