Macallan 1978 25 Years Oak Cask DL 1214 Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky 50.0% ABV of the Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask Series - one of only 258 bottles of a great old Style Macallan
A rare vintage 1978 25 Years Macallan Highland Single Malt Scotch whisky, distilled in October 1978 and bottled after more than 25 years of maturation in an oak cask with the cask no. DL 1214 in March 2004 without added colouring and chill filtration in an edition of only 258 bottles by Douglas Laing in the Old Malt Cask Series at 50% vol.
This old style Macallan Highland Single Malt Scotch whisky from the late 1970s, which is rarely available today, shines with a beautiful dark gold colour.
The company Douglas Laing and Co. LTD was established over 67 years ago by Fred Douglas Laing in Glasgow and is today one of the leading and most well-known independent bottlers for Blended Scotch Whisky and the finest, exquisite and rare Single Cask Scotch whiskies. The company is since 1948 owned by the family and the company is still run today by the Laing family. The philosophy for the bottlings was always - no coloring, no chill filtering and nonsense and whiskies are bottled at cask strength, no artificial coloring and not chill-filtered to obtain the unique character of each whisky from the extensive stock of Douglas Laing. The company has a strong sense of family and is now run by the third generation of Fred Junior and his daughter Cara. The second son of Fred Sr., Stewart Laing decided in 2013 and after more than 40 years together with the establishment of the Hunter Laing and Co., their own paths and that existing brands or bottlings from the known series like Provenance of high quality whiskies to use XOP or Directors Cut and the valuable collections together. Among connoisseurs Douglas Laing is known and famous for a virtually inexhaustible supply of some very old casks coveted single malt and grain whiskies of well-known manufacturers and also lost Distilleries as Ardbeg, Bowmore, Bunnahabhain, Cragganmore, Caperdonich, Clynelish, Dalmore, Highland Park, Inchgower, Linkwood, Macallan, Mortlach, Strathmill, Talisker, Tomatin, Port Ellen, St. Magdalene and many other world-renowned malts. In particular, the bottlings of the famous Old Malt Cask and Directors Cut series are in great demand today among connoisseurs and collectors, have won multiple world awards and enjoy an almost legendary reputation. The portfolio of Douglas Laing consists of single cask bottlings selected malt and grain whiskies. The heart may be referred certainly the partly very old and rare Cask Strength bottlings from the Director's Cut and XOP series, which have excellent quality and come in small editions on the market. The Old Malt Cask series, could acquire an independent bottler international fame and recognition with the Douglas Laing, since the separation of the two brothers heard Laing in 2013 to Hunter Laing.
A wonderful Macallan Highland Single Malt Scotch and rare old expression for connoisseurs, the discerning whisky collector and lover of fine old Scotch whiskies that is rarely found today.
- Colour: dark gold
- Typ: Single Malt Whisky - Independent Bottling
- District: Highlands / Speyside
- Vintage: October 1978
- Age: 25 years old
- Year bottled March: 2004
- Cask Wood Type: Oak Cask (Bourbon?)
- Cask-No.: DL1214
- Alcohol ABV% 50.0
- Bottling Series: Vintage 1978 Old Malt Cask Limited Single Cask Edition
- Bottle Size 70cl / 700ml
- not coloured / not chill filtered
- Packaging original boxed (box with traces)
- Producer/Importer: Douglas Laing and Co. Ltd. Douglas House 18 Lynedoch Crescent Glasgow G3 6EQ, Scotland
- Country of Origin Scotland
- imited, one of only 258 bottles - rare collector´s whisky!
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