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The Macallan Golden Age of Travel: The Steam Train
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The Macallan Golden Age of Travel: The Steam Train

Third in the series. Distilled in 1937 and first bottled in 1973 at thirty-six years old, re-presented in 2017. The Lalique decanter takes the age of rail as its subject — the period when the named express train was the fastest way to cross a continent.

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
Age36 years old
Distilled1937
Released2017
Outturn50 decanters
ABV43.4%
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.