A landmark independent bottling that launched the Carn Mor label, this single cask Macallan was distilled on 27 April 1965 and bottled on 2 June 2008 at natural cask strength. Drawn from a first-fill González Byass Tío Pepe Fino sherry butt (cask #2114), it was one of two sister casks (the other a Harvey’s Bristol Cream sherry butt) filled the same day and bottled the same day to inaugurate Carn Mor. Owned by chairman Brian Morrison, the cask yielded just 484 bottles, making this a vanishingly rare, high-age statement Speyside time capsule.

Carn Mor

Carn Mor is the independent bottling label of Morrison Scotch Whisky Distillers (formerly Morrison & Mackay), a Perthshire firm with roots in the Scottish Liqueur Centre. As a bottler, Carn Mor specializes in transparently presented single malts and small batches sourced from distilleries across Scotland, typically released either as the cask-strength, single-cask “Celebration of the Cask” series or the small-batch “Strictly Limited” range. Their ethos is minimal intervention—natural colour, non-chill filtration where possible—and full disclosure of distillation/bottling dates, cask type and number, and outturn, giving collectors and enthusiasts a clear, honest window into each whisky’s provenance.

Why add The Macallan 43 Year Old 1965 Cask 2114 to your collection?

It marries exceptional provenance with true scarcity: a 43-year-old, single-cask Macallan at cask strength, from an uncommon Fino sherry butt, and one of the very first releases under Carn Mor’s now-revered “Celebration of the Cask” banner. With only 484 bottles produced—and a direct link to the Morrison family’s private cask holdings—this bottle represents blue-chip Speyside collecting at its most historically significant.