Macallan 1948 GM Macallan-Glenlivet - A Pure Highland Malt - De Luxe Quality
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Macallan |
| Bottler | Gordon & MacPhail (GM) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1948 |
| Bottled Year | - |
| Age | 25년 |
| Cask Type | Sherry Wood |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 43.0% |
| Volume | 750 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Speyside |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
예상되는 훈연과 건조함보다 둥근 과일 향이 먼저 나온다. 건포도와 무화과, 대추야자에 마르멜로와 말린 바나나까지 이어지며 살구잼과 파파야의 열대 뉘앙스가 명확하게 드러난다. 시간이 지나면 오래된 시가와 간장 같은 감칠맛이 더해져 복합도가 커진다. 1948년 셰리 우드에서 25년을 보낸 이 보틀링은 팰럿에서 오히려 거칠고 스파이시하며 감초와 타르, 모카가 앞선다. 피니시는 길고 멘톨과 담뱃잎의 건조함이 끝까지 유지된다.
AITasting Notes
Colour
amber
air Nose
oh, I was expecting more smoke and dryness but actually, this baby’s rather rounder and more on dried fruits. The most magnificent combination of raisins, figs, dates, quinces and, guess what, dried bananas. There’s also a feeling of old Yquem (no I’m not joking), apricot jam, maybe Turkish delights, then papayas… So it’s rather a luscious one so far while once again, both its complexity and its elegance are huge. Amazing nose, I say no more. After twenty minutes: yes, old cigars, old ham, soy sauce, lovage… All good signs
restaurant Palate
maybe there’s a little too much oak in the very first sips, and maybe too much bitter chocolate as well, but otherwise it’s beautifully spicy, rather wilder and even harsher/rougher than the two previous ones, as if it was just bottled – and at cask strength, at that. Liquorice, black raisins, old Armagnac, natural tar drops or liqueur, touches of mocha, more chocolate… This dryness remains all the time, around grape pips or even chewing tobacco (or snuff). Mentholated tobacco
timer Finish
long, still a little rough, impressively young in fact. Mentholated and fino-ish aftertaste