Macallan 1949-2002 - 53 Year Old - Fine & Rare - Single Cask 136 - Miniature

INFORMATION

Macallan 1949 - 2002. 53 Year Old. Fine & Rare. Cask number 136. 50ml. 49.8%.

This whisky from Cask 136, filled on 21st January 1949, exudes a natural rich oak wood colour and boasts tropical and dried fruit aromas with a fruity taste accented by cinnamon spice and peat notes. It was selected out of two hogsheads as one of the finest current expressions for this year and bottled at its natural cask strength, free of chill filtration. All of its colour has been naturally derived from its 53-year-old maturation in a second fill sherry cask.

DISTILLERY:Macallan

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:49.8%

Bottle SIZE:5cl / 50ml

BOTTLER:Distillery Bottling

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK NUMBER:136

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

DISTILLED YEAR:1949

BOTTLING DATE::2002

AGE:53

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.