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Macallan 1963 R.W. Duthie for Corti Brothers / Narsai's Restaurant

Lot: 329118

Macallan 1963 R.W. Duthie for Corti Brothers / Narsai's Restaurant

Winning Bid: £1,105

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Lot:
Distillery: 
Macallan
Age: 
n/a
Vintage: 
1963
Region: 
Speyside
Bottler: 
R.W. Duthie for Corti Bros
Cask Type: 
N/A
Bottled Strength: 
92 US Proof
Bottle Size: 
75cl
Distillery Status: 
Operational
product Details

Macallan 1963 R.W. Duthie for Corti Brothers / Narsai's Restaurant 

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 part of a much sought after series of independent bottlings produced by Aberdeen's R.W. Duthie for the Corti Brothers of Sacramento, California. Duthie are a much esteemed bottler, and were working with other great names like Cadenhead's and Samaroli at the time. The Corti Brothers were a family grocer business founded in 1947 by Frank and Gino. Frank's son Darrell was the one to introduce a specialist spirits knowledge to the business, with their first bottling taking place in 1978. 

In 1983, the Corti Brothers partnered with Narsai's Restaurtant in Kensington, CA to produce a limited run of collaborative bottlings. This is one of them, and was selected by Narsai M. David and Darrel Corti.

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