Macallan Gran Reserva 12 Years Sherry Oak Casks Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky 45.6% Vol. - rare old bottling of a outstanding Macallan Highland Single Malt!
This rare and exquisite 12-year-old Macallan Gran Reserva Sherry Oak Casks Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky was bottled in 2007 exclusively for the Asian market (Taiwan and Japan) in a limited edition without the addition of colorants or chill filtration, at 45.6% vol. Only a few bottles of this luxurious 12-year-old Macallan Gran Reserva Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky have found their way back to Europe, and this excellent Sherry Oak Casks-matured Macallan Highland Single Malt therefore offers great potential for collectors and connoisseurs of exceptional Scotch whiskies. Macallans characteristically small copper stills produce a particularly heavy, oily and concentrated spirit, which harmonises perfectly with the intensity of the first-fill sherry casks.
This exclusive 12-years Macallan Gran Reserva Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky, with its striking, majestic purple packaging, was matured exclusively in selected first-fill Oloroso sherry casks from Jerez in Spain; its dark colour, its complex aroma and rich flavour set this exceptional and unique Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky apart; it was awarded 92 points in Jim Murray s Whisky Bible 2008 for its outstanding quality.
The 12 years Macallan Gran Reserva Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky offers an opulent bouquet of rich dried fruits, dark ripe plums, juicy raisins, fresh orange peel, warm vanilla, chocolate and polished oak; the flavour is velvety and intense, with luxurious dark chocolate, spicy ginger, cinnamon, cloves, oranges, a perfect sherry sweetness and delicate oak; the finish is long, warming and deep, with dried fruit, fine spices, oak and a hint of espresso - a classic old Macallan Highland Single Malt and a liquid masterpiece that is unrivalled today!
The magnificent and distinctive old Macallan Highland single malt Scotch whiskies from the legendary Macallan Gran Reserva bottling series, with their opulent and uncompromisingly spicy character, are now in particularly high demand amongst connoisseurs, discerning whisky collectors and lovers of fine old Scotch whiskies, and are now counted amongst the most sought-after rarities on the market.
- Jim Murry s whisky bible 2008 92 Points
- Colour: rich rosewood
- Typ: Single Malt Whisky - Distillery Bottling
- District: Speyside
- Vintage: 1995 and earlier
- Age: 12 years old
- Year bottled: 2007
- Cask Wood Type: 1st Fill Oloroso Sherry Oak Casks
- Alcohol ABV 45.6%
- Bottling Series: 12 Years Gran Reserva Limited Release 2007 only for Japan and Taiwan
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml
- Packaging original boxed (box with traces and scratches, bumped)
- Producer/Importer: The Macallan Distillery, Easter Elchies, Craigellaichie, Scotland
- Country of Origin Scotland
- limited, number unknown - exclusive old bottling and very rare collector s whisky!
Please examine this product before purchase, as not new from the supplier. Due to the various ages of bottles and their seals, condition of liquid is at the buyer s discretion and no claim can be lodged against failure/leakage in transit. This is an old bottle and the closure may have deteriorated - care should be taken when it is being opened.
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