Macallan 1946 Albert Watson - Master of Photography
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | Distillery Bottling |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1946 |
| Bottled Year | 2002 |
| Age | 56년 |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 44.3% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
옅은 호박빛이 잔 속에서 은은하게 빛난다. 1946년 증류되어 56년을 보낸 이 맥캘란은 가장 순수한 꿀과 벌집, 옅게 피트를 입힌 미드의 향이 압도적인 밀도로 피어오르고, 장뇌와 녹차, 레몬 껍질, 열대 과일이 수수께끼처럼 얽힌다. 44.3도의 도수 위로 섬세한 이탄 오일과 열대 과일 시럽, 코코넛과 천연 타르, 랑시오의 깊은 풍미가 노쇠함 없이 흐른다. 2002년 병입된 이 스페이사이드 몰트는 오래된 명주만이 지닌 시적인 조화를 품었으며, 수지와 왁스, 옅은 그을음의 여운이 따스하게 오래 남는다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
Light amber
air Nose
the purest, most intense honey! A total beehive of pollens, honeycomb and lightly peated mead (I really feel this should be made to exist somehow). We're not far away from many of these old G&M wartime glories bottled in the 1980s but the few extra cask strength degrees here make a big difference. You can feel the fullness and the thickness of the aromas on the nose. The rest is just a riddle of camphor, green tea, lemon skin, all kinds of oils, rancio, some spice, a little tropical fruit, I should stop. Just assume this is where all the kitchen sinks went at Macallan in 1946. What a nose!
restaurant Palate
There is power up front on delivery and no tiredness which is reassuring. It's a delicate old beauty but it feels like you are drinking more of an ancient liquor composed of the most delicate peat oils, tropical fruit syrups, cocoanut, natural tar, rancio and honey. The wood is present but beautifully poised with this nervous, almost zingy spiciness, no aggression whatsoever, like drinking the inside of a 1930s Gibson acoustic. A wee poem of a dram!
timer Finish
The length is good, although perhaps not technically the longest, but it practically gurgles on the way down and leaves this deep, lasting warmth with resinous old phenolics, the softest waxiness and a touch of soot and fruit