Many people consider these rare 500ml "Macallan Gift Shop"

bottles as a sort of precursor to the Exceptional Cask series.

These "unfiltered", "smoother and stronger" bottlings were

some of the very first cask strength single barrels offered by

Macallan.

Proof: 112

Barrel Number: Cask #9780

Bottle Year: Distilled: 12-22-81, Nosed 05-28-99, Tipped:

07-25-99, Bottled: 12-23-99