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Macallan 1980 Cask Strength ESC 2 Oloroso Sherry #4063 50cl / 59.3%
Macallan 1980 Cask Strength ESC 2 Oloroso Sherry #4063 50cl / 59.3% Macallan 1980 Cask Strength ESC 2 Oloroso Sherry #4063 50cl / 59.3% Macallan 1980 Cask Strength ESC 2 Oloroso Sherry #4063 50cl / 59.3%
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Lot 73369

Macallan 1980 Cask Strength ESC 2 Oloroso Sherry #4063 50cl

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Lot Information

Official Distillery Bottling

11 December 2001

4063

Oloroso Sherry Butt

Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Scotland

Speyside

Exceptional Single Cask

59.3%

1980

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Description

A bottle of Macallan Cask Strength 1980 Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky. This was distilled on 6 March 1980, matured in a single oloroso sherry butt, and bottled on 11 December 2001.

This was bottled from cask number 4063.

This is the first of six releases from The Macallan's Exceptional Single Cask range.

The Macallan distillery was founded in 1824 by barley farmer Alexander Reid. What began as two stills housed in a wooden shed has grown to a 36 still site today.

In 1892 the distillery passed to Roderick Kemp, former owner of Talisker, whose descendants retained ownership until the 1990s. By 1975 the then 21 still plant was regarded as an important malt for blends. The downturn of the early 1980s led The Macallan to focus on the emerging single malt category and it began to establish itself as one of the world's most popular and collectible single malts. The management team repositioned the distillery as a 'first-growth whisky' and oversaw an innovative advertising campaign (commemorated in The Archival Series which began in 2015). In the mid 1990s The Macallan was purchased by Highland Distillers and became part of Edrington in 1999. The first single cask bottling, Exceptional 1, was launched in 2000.

The Macallan has become known for its investment potential as well as the quality of its whisky, with rare bottles regularly breaking records at auction.

In 2017 the new £100 million Macallan distillery was completed.

This Macallan 1980 Cask Strength ESC 2 sold at our online auction for £1,500

Condition

Please see images for fill level and label condition. Note wear to the box.

Note the absence of a condition statement does not imply that this lot is in perfect condition or free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of ageing. Older bottles often contain small amounts of sediment. We cannot guarantee that the contents of this bottle will be free from the effects of age, cork taint, oxidation or other faults.

This bottle does not appear to be leaking. While we take every care to pack bottles securely we cannot guarantee that old corks and closures will not leak in transit.

Fill Level

Middle shoulder

Approx. shipping weight

1.50kg
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