SCYFOOD > Whisky Macallan 1979 13 Year Old Cask 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. A rare bottle of Macallan 1979, bottled by Mark Reynier's La Reserve wine merchant 70cl/46%
