CMONVIN > Whisky Macallan 1997 High Spirits 18 Year Old ENQUIRY Contact Customer Service ENQUIRY The Macallan distillery was founded by Alexander Reid, a barley farmer and teacher. The original name of the area was 'Maghellan', which came from the Gallic word 'magh', which means fertile soil, and 'Ellan', from the monk St Fillan, which was closely related to the church that stood in the grounds of The Macallan Estate until 1400. Farmers had already been making whisky on their Speyside farms for several centuries. It was matured for 18 years and bottled in 2015 from single cask #122. One of 100 bottles. 70cl/50%