Macallan 18 Years Old (1979 Gran Reserva): Price History, Value, Data for Whisky Investment

Author: Tom from WhiskyReturns.com
Last Updated: October 28, 2024

Macallan 18 Years Old (1979 Gran Reserva) is a specific edition of Macallan 18, which is a well-known single malt scotch whisky from the Speyside region. Our research shows that it has been listed over 300 times on different whisky auction sites. With that, Macallan 18 (1979 Gran Reserva) is considered a rarely listed bottle of the secondary market. On this page, we collect all the hard-data and information that we currently have about it!

Average latest price of a Macallan 18 Years Old (1979 Gran Reserva) bottle: £2550.00 (as of 2024-10-28)
Annualized return: 12.44% (since 2015-05-01)
Liquidity score: 87.71% (based on historical data there’s an ~87.71% chance that you’ll be able to sell this bottle on the secondary market at its actual market value)

Macallan 18 Years Old (1979 Gran Reserva): Price History

Avg. latest price	Annualized return	All-Time High
£2550.00	12.44%	£4016.67

Transactions (total)	Transactions (last 6 months):	Liquidity score
301	10	87.71%

Important qualitative insights about the Macallan 18 Years Old (1979 Gran Reserva) whisky

Is it still produced? No. (It was a special/limited edition.) (Note: this is a new datapoint in our dataset, not yet reviewed — thus sometimes it might be wrong.)
Taste: This data is not yet collected in our database. (Coming soon…)

Is Macallan 18 (1979 Gran Reserva) a good investment?

When we evaluate Macallan 18 Years Old (1979 Gran Reserva) as an investment, we look at two things mainly: its past performance (annualized return) and how easy was it to sell historically (liquidity score).

Based on these factors, we consider it as good enough but somewhat risky investment historically because:

it had an average annualized return: 12.44%
it was not too difficult to sell it on the secondary market: ~87.71% of the cases there was a buyer for the requested price

Is it worth to invest in a bottle of Macallan 18 Years Old (1979 Gran Reserva) right now?

We don’t know. One can never tell where the prices will be in one month, one year or 10 years… But we know how much it is worth right now:

its latest average price was £2550.00
which is -36.51% compared to its all time high price (which was £4016.67)
and +201.78% compared to its all time low (which was £845.00)

Disclaimer: Please note that past performance is never guarantee of future results! The information on this page is here to help you but it is not investment advice nor personal financial advice. Investing in any asset class is risky, you do that at your own risk!

Other editions of this whisky

Here are a few other editions of Macallan 18 (1979 Gran Reserva) that we have found on the secondary market:

Should you invest in Macallan 18 Years Old (1979 Gran Reserva) right now?

Before you invest in this bottle, you might want to check out what are the best performing and the most expensive whiskies on the secondary market right now. We have created these top lists for you:

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For more info, visit Macallan brand’s website: The Macallan.

2024-10-28T23:08:44