Macallan 1945 68 Year Old Speymalt with Presentation Case

Macallan 1945 68 Year Old, This sensational vintage Speymalt Macallan is distill on the 12th April 1945. And then matures at the Macallan distillery, in casks 106 and 109, for many years before be move to a Gordon & MacPhail bond warehouse in Elgin. On the 17th May 1978 and the 14th July 1980 respectively.

The casks lay there until the decision making to finally bottle this landmark Speysider, at the ripe old age of 68, on the 15th August 2013.

​​​​​​​Comes complete with a beautiful wooden presentation case, COA and tasting notes. Macallan 1945 68 Year Old

However, Distill in 1945 towards the end of World War II (Macallan is one of the few allow to keep distilling during the war). And bottle in 2013. This extraordinary 68 year old, great grandfather malt is a genuine piece of whisky history. Bottle at cask strength.  However reduce to an understandable 45.1% after such extended maturation exclusively in first fill Sherry Hogsheads. Some historical perspective helps one appreciate this whisky all the more.

However. Should you be so fortunate to pour a glass, consider that whilst this whisky was beginning its long maturing sleep. Hitler committed suicide and Germany surrendered with May 8 declared V-E Day.

It represents an increasingly rare opportunity to secure a future investment or realise the whisky experience of a lifetime. This bottling from one the greatest conservators of liquid history in Scotland, Gordon & Macphail, comes with the highest provenance.

This incredibly rare bottle of Macallan single malt is originally fill into casks 106 and 109 on the 12th of April 1945! Left to mature for many years. These casks are transfer to Gordon & MacPhail’s warehouses in Elgin on the 17th of May 1978 and 14th of July 1980 respectively. Lastly, the decision is made to bottle this fantastic spirit on the 15th of August 2013. Being one of the oldest bottlings of single malt, this truly is a piece of Scotland’s liquid history.