Macallan 1948 - 51 Year Old - Select Reserve

INFORMATION

Macallan 1948 Select Reserve. 51 Years Old. One of 366 bottles, all of which carry a unique date corresponding to one of the 366 days of 1948 which was a leap year. Matured in a Sherry Cask. 700ml. 46.6%.

One of the all-time great Macallans, the 1948 is ranked in the same league as the 1949 Millennium 50 year old and many of the greatest Fine & Rare releases - this is one of the most sublime whiskies ever released by this distillery.

DISTILLERY:Macallan

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:46.6%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

Bottle PRODUCED:366

BOTTLER:Distillery Bottling

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

DISTILLED YEAR:1948

AGE:51

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.