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The Macallan Golden Age of Travel: The Motor Car
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The Macallan Golden Age of Travel: The Motor Car

The fourth release, and the oldest of the four 1937 distillations at thirty-seven years at first bottling in 1974. Re-presented in 2018. The Macallan's own note for this release describes polished antique wood on the nose, an association drawn deliberately from the coachwork of a 1930s motor car.

The Golden Age of Travel is a five-part series released by The Macallan in partnership with Lalique between 2015 and 2019, each expression presented in a Lalique crystal decanter evoking one mode of 1930s travel — sea, air, rail, road, and finally the airship. Each decanter is housed in a leather presentation case made by Piñavall of Ubrique, Spain, built in the manner of a period travel trunk. The series was sold exclusively through global travel retail and The Macallan's own boutiques.

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Details
ProducerThe Macallan
TypeSingle Malt Scotch Whisky
RegionSpeyside
Age37 years old
Distilled1937
Released2018
Outturn50 decanters
ABV42.8%
Bottle size70cl
CountryScotland
Producer profile
The Macallan has distilled single malt at Easter Elchies on Speyside since 1824. Its reputation rests on an unusually narrow set of choices held to over generations: small copper stills, a deliberately tight cut from the spirit run, and a commitment to sherry-seasoned oak that the distillery manages from the forests of northern Spain through to the cooperage. Little of what makes a Macallan is left to chance, and almost none of it is quick. The distillery's older stock, laid down long before single malt commanded serious prices, is the foundation of the releases that now define the top of the category.