Macallan 1990 Easter Elchies Seasonal Selection 15 Year Old / Winter

It may be hard to imagine today, but for much of the 20th century, Macallan was primarily a constituent malt in blends. It was not until the 1980s downturn in the market that the distillery decided to focus on its single malt brand. Fortuitously, this coincided with the crest of a wave of enthusiasm for the high quality releases that the distillery had licensed to Campbell, Hope & King and Gordon & MacPhail in the 1960s and 1970s. These remain some of the most collectible on the market. While global single malt sales volume is still lead by Speyside neighbours, Glenfiddich and Glenlivet, Macallan is easily the most sought after. So much so in fact, that they had to open a brand new distillery in 2018, a subterranean architectural masterpiece within the Easter Elchies estate, boasting 36 copper pot stills.

The Easter Elchies Seasonal Selection dates from 2005-2007 before the season aspects of the bottlings were removed. This "Winter" was distilled in 1990 and matured in single sherry butt #24755 for 15 years. It was bottled in 2006.

One of 585 bottles.