The Macallan 1948 Select Reserve Tasting notes and reviews
The Macallan 1948 Select Reserve
- Brand
- The Macallan
- Expression
- 1948 Select Reserve
- Type
- Scotch Whisky ~ Single Malt
- Abv
- 43.00%
- Vintage
- 1948
- Produced at
- Macallan Distillery
- Region
- Speyside
- Website
- www.themacallan.com
- Availability
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Michael Jackson
90- Nose
- Sherry not obvious – Fino? Leafy, peaty, woody.
- Palate
- An altogether more elegant, wistful, style than today's Macallans. Some sweetness and floweriness, but the outstanding feature is an astonishingly fresh peat-smoke flavour.
- Finish
- Gentle but lingering and warming, leaving smoky memories.
- Comment
- Paler in colour and lighter in body, but what a palate...great Speyside whiskies once tasted like this.
Jim Murray
70- Nose
- A subtle hint of sandalwood, polished oak and sweet pipe smoke is no match for the extraordinary, ripe plum fruitiness and crystal-clear sweet malt. Quite exhilarating.
- Palate
- Deep and spiced with aged oak from the off. Massively dry through the middle but there are some richer, digestive biscuity malt notes which ensure stability.
- Finish
- Bitter-sweet, slightly salty, waxily honied and smoky. The oaky notes are the ones which last longest.
- Comment
- This is just a shade over-aged unlike the 1946. Even so, the intense, complex middle does offer certain riches. The nose is exceptional.
Whisky Magazine Issue 6
Isaly tasting - Travels in Speyside & Kentucky - Talisker - Bourbon uncovered.
Published October 1999.
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