Douglas Laing Old & Rare Platinum Selection.

A very rare and unusual Macallan which has spent a period of additional maturation in a red wine cask

Single refill hogshead distilled May 1977 and bottled July 2010. 178 bottles.

The colour reflects its red wine “finish” – similarlyapparent on its jammy nose full of macerated summer fruits – which warms tosugary fudge and barley.  Those same maltand fruit flavours ebb and flow together then tend towards oak, walnuts andsome tannin.  The finish is interestinglyspiced, and intriguingly smoked – now dry and spiced.

The Macallan

The Macallan Distillery was established by Alexander Reid in 1824 near Easter Elchies House on the Easter Elchies estate. Easter Elchies House which dates back to 1700. Macallan Distillery is a malt whisky distillery situated in Scotland’s Speyside whisky region. The old still house was re-commissioned in 2008 and now Macallan Distillery operates with two still houses sheltering twenty-one copper stills. On-site maturation of casks is carried out in traditional dunnage warehouses and by racking in large new warehouses on the estate. Macallan has released a wide range of single malt whiskies including a selection bottled at cask strength.