Macallan 1861 Replica 70cl

The second of Macallan's famous 'Replica' series, the 1861 edition was bottled in 2001.

'The Macallan Distillers LTD., acquired a very rare bottle of the Macallan 1981 from a private collection in 1998, and presented Bob Dalgarno, whisky maker, with the challenge of replicating it. They drew a tiny sample from the bottle and together with his team of expert nosers, began to searching for whisky which matches the profile. As well as replicating the whisky they were determined to recreate the 1861 bottle and labels. The challenge for Stolzle Flaconnage was to reproduce the idiosyncratic irregularities of a mid 19th century mouth blown bottle with 21st century technology. To reconstruct the labels, calligrapher Carol Kemp re-drew the individual letters while illustrator Brian Taylor reproduced the sketch.'

This Macallan 1861 Replica sold at our online auction for £115