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Detailed Description
Macallan’s Fine & Rare range is home to some absolutely extraordinary whiskies, and this particular release certainly fits the bill. Sherry butts #1541 and #1542 were filled back on the 20th December 1951 and left to slumber in the same warehouse for 50 long years. Interestingly, the strength of the whisky was almost identical in each cask just before bottling in 2001, 49.4% and 49.9% respectively. 632 bottles were filled at natural cask strength, 48.8% vol.
Macallan 1951 Fine & Rare Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky | 700ML Tasting Notes
Nose: Cooked pears with caramel topping, also some belle helene, apricot jam, vanilla, acacia honey, some dried fruits, plums, toffee, milk chocolate, spices, nutmeg, little cinnamon, cloves, little menthol, old wooden cabinet, sherry wood, whiffs of leather
Palate: Oily, creamy, little liquorish, subtle sweetness, toffee, dried fruits, apricot, hints of vanilla, hints of cooked oranges, milk chocolate, sherry wood, little oak spice, hints of fruit cake, tobacco, cloves, little nutmeg and cinnamon
Finish: Medium long, warm, woody, spicy, little tannic, not drying, hints of menthol, chocolate, toffee, cooked fruits, orange zest, hints of old books, little OBE, hints of black tea
Distillery Information
The Macallan distillery is a single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Craigellachie, Moray. The Macallan Distillers Ltd, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Edrington Group which purchased the brand from Highland Distillers in 1999.
