{"id":23056,"date":"2017-04-18T14:31:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T14:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=23056"},"modified":"2019-01-23T10:32:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T10:32:10","slug":"le-clos-celebrates-sale-vintage-macallan-18-year-old-vertical-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/le-clos-celebrates-sale-vintage-macallan-18-year-old-vertical-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Clos celebrates sale of vintage The Macallan 18-Year-Old Vertical collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Le Clos, the Dubai-based fine wine and luxury spirits retailer, is celebrating another big sale of The Macallan whisky from its store in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/dubai-international-airport-duty-free\/\">Dubai Airport<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The purchase of 29 bottles of The Macallan 18-Year-Old Vertical comes just three months after a world record-breaking, USD $500,000 sale of a Macallan Fine and Rare collection in December 2016 at the same store.<\/p>\n<p>This latest collection boasts every vintage of The Macallan 18-Year-Old, also known as \u2018The Iconic Macallan\u2019 spanning 1958 to 1986. Long renowned as one of the finest single malts in the world, this collection and its 29-year history is a testament to the exquisite care taken by The Macallan when crafting their whisky, which is only matured in the most exceptional oak casks.<\/p>\n<p>Maritime &amp; Mercantile International (MMI)-owned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leclos.net\/\">Le Clos<\/a>\u2019 has a well-established reputation for bringing rare and unique products to market and this latest sale is further testament to that fact. Le Clos\u2019 dedication to delivering world-class service and exceptional customer experiences, means they are one of The Macallan\u2019s most trusted partners.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the sale, Iain Delaney Chief Operating Officer, MMI said: \u201cThis exciting sale really demonstrates Le Clos and Macallan\u2019s strong partnership, as well as Le Clos\u2019 ability to be the trusted retailer to bring rare and collectable products to market. \u201cIt further demonstrates the commitment and enthusiasm of the whole Le Clos team to deliver exceptional products, knowledge, and service to all their customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Florence Chevallier, Commercial Manager of Edrington Middle East &amp; Africa Travel Retail, said: \u201cThis is another stunning success by Le Clos, our trusted partner in bringing The Macallan \u2013 the world\u2019s highest value single malt \u2013 to collectors from around the world. We look forward to the success to come as our partnership with Le Clos continues to go from strength to strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Macallan 18-Year-Old has become a highly-invested product, thanks to its ability to grow in value, showing some of the greatest returns in value of any single malt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Macallan 18 year old is arguably one of the most iconic whiskies in the world,\u201d explains Peter Allison, Brand Ambassador for The Macallan. \u201cFully matured in sherry seasoned oak casks, its signature flavour profile of dried fruit and baking spices resonates with connoisseurs that are searching for something special to add to their collection. With an annual release, The Macallan 18 has become highly coveted, and a sale like this by Le Clos illustrates the appeal of The Macallan both within the region, and also internationally. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>The Macallan 18-Year-Old collection features the following bottles:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Le-Clos-Macallan-sale.jpg\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Le-Clos-Macallan-sale-1024x554.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Le-Clos-Macallan-sale-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Le-Clos-Macallan-sale-768x415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Le-Clos-Macallan-sale-680x368.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Le-Clos-Macallan-sale.jpg 800w\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Le-Clos-Macallan-sale-1024x554.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-23057 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\"    sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-23057\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Le-Clos-Macallan-sale-1024x554.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Le-Clos-Macallan-sale-1024x554.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Le-Clos-Macallan-sale-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Le-Clos-Macallan-sale-768x415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Le-Clos-Macallan-sale-680x368.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Le-Clos-Macallan-sale.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>See more at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.leclos.net\/\">http:\/\/www.leclos.net\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le Clos, the Dubai-based fine wine and luxury spirits retailer, is celebrating another big sale of The Macallan whisky from its store in Dubai Airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":23058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2597,1,7099,7097],"tags":[228,4356,435,4355,2404,3477],"class_list":["post-23056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-best-selling-brands-in-duty-free","category-latest-news","category-spirits","category-wines-spirits","tag-dubai-airport","tag-edrington","tag-le-clos","tag-le-clos-duty-free","tag-malt-whisky-duty-free","tag-the-macallan"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}