INFORMATION
Macallan 1946 - 1998. 52 Year Old. Select Reserve. Matured in Sherry Casks. 700ml. 750ml. 40%.
A highlight of any auction; the amazing Macallan 1946 52 year old is a whisky of jaw-dropping majesty and complexity with an unusually potent thread of smoky flavour running through it. This was a highpoint in Macallan’s history on release in 1999 and its reputation has only grown in the intervening years. An exquisite dram and increasingly hard to find.
DISTILLERY:Macallan
DISTILLERY STATUS:Working
Bottle ABV:40%
Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml
BOTTLER:Distillery Bottling
SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland
LIMITED EDITION:yes
CASK TYPE:Single Malt
REGION:Speyside
DISTILLED YEAR:1946
BOTTLING DATE::1998
AGE:52
The grandest of Speyside’s blue chip distilleries, Macallan was founded in 1824 and carved a reputation for luxury single malt whisky in the 1980s with string of 18-year-old and 25-year-old sherry-matured vintage single malts distilled in the 1960s and 1970s, building on the renown of earlier highly-regarded licensed bottlings by Gordon & MacPhail and Campbell, Hope and King.
In the early 2000s, as the supply and quality of even the best sherry casks declined dramatically, Macallan introduced their Fine Oak series, an initially controversial range of bottlings that included bourbon-matured spirit in the cask recipe. While the Fine Oak series took some time to find its audience, Macallan’s status as the top Speyside distillery - particularly at auction - was already well-established and today a legion of eager Macallan fans ensure that each new luxury bottling from the distillery sells out immediately on release.
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