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The oldest
Macallan ever, The Macallan 1940 Reach
81 Year Old, up for auction at Whisky
Auctioneer.
In the world of prolific whiskies, one
name reigns supreme - The Macallan. And
while the world is revelling in the UK’s
royal news on Monday 8 May, one lucky
bidder will be celebrating for a
different reason.
They will be proud new owners of the
oldest Macallan ever, The Macallan 1940
Reach 81 Year Old, when Whisky
Auctioneer’s April Auction draws to a
close.
This is another chapter in Whisky
Auctioneer's history of bringing the
oldest and rarest Macallan to their
online auctions. In 2020 The Macallan
1926 60 Year Old made global headlines
when it was sold via Whisky Auctioneer
for £1 million.
The Macallan ‘Reach’ is currently
sitting at £200,500 with bids placed
from whisky lovers across the world
including those in the UK, the US,
Sweden and the Netherlands.
Joe Wilson, Head Curator and Spirits
Specialist at Whisky Auctioneer, said:
"Offering The Macallan ‘Reach’ in our
auction for the first time is a piece of
whisky history. We’re not surprised to
already see significant interest from
bidders across the globe hoping to crown
their collections with the oldest single
malt whisky ever to be released.
"It sits in spectacular company this
month, with other sought-after age
statements from The Glenturret,
Karuizawa and Bowmore, fascinating
independent bottlings and revered
expressions from Scotland's
keenly-missed closed distilleries such
as Rosebank and Port Ellen."
Additional auction highlights include
other Macallan expressions such as The
Macallan’s Fine and Rare series of
sought-after vintages, The 1950 Tales of
The Macallan Lalique Decanter and also a
full collection of James Bond 60th
Anniversary decade releases. Also,
collectors’ favourites such as the
“Private Eye” release which was bottled
in 1996 to mark the 35th Anniversary of
Private Eye magazine.
If The Macallan 1940 Reach 81 Year Old
is a little out of your 'reach' don't
worry there are some other cracking rare
drams up for grabs at Whisky Auctioneer,
in fact there are over
7,500 lots of rare and collectable
whiskies from around the world
including:
- Glenturret 1972 50 Year Old
Lalique - Presented in a beautiful
handmade decanter inspired by barley
and designed by Marc Larminaux,
Artistic and Creative Director at
renowned French crystal-maker,
Lalique.
- Over 100 Bottles of Rare
Highland Park - Renowned for their
stand-out aesthetics and quality of
whisky, whiskies from Highland Park
are increasingly sought after.
Highlights include historic releases
from the 1970s of their ‘Magnus
labels’ and old vintages bottled in
dumpy style bottles for Italian
importers, Ferraretto Import.
- Remarkable Rosebank - Iconic
bottlings from the lost Lowland
distillery, recently acquired by Ian
Macleod Distillers, who have a view
to resurrect this beloved distillery
in the near future. Highlights
include a full ‘Rosebank Roses’
collection and revered 1960s vintage
bottlings.
- Karuizawa 50 Year Olds - one of
Japan's legendary lost distilleries,
the reverence for which only grows
as the remaining stock continues to
thin.
- LeNell’s Red Hook Rye 23 Year
Old - The result of the relationship
between LeNell's Ltd in Brooklyn,
New York and Kentucky Bourbon
Distillers in Bardstown. Just four
barrels of 23- and 24-year-old rye
from the depths of Warehouse G were
selected. These casks were
individually bottled between 112.8
to 117.6 proof. This example was
drawn from barrel #2.
You will also find
the current Macallan whisky range as
well as a few rare bottlings of The
Macallan available from specialist online whisky
shops such as
The Whisky Exchange,
The Whisky Shop,
Master of Malt
and
Hard To Find Whisky
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