Gordon & MacPhail / 1975 - Whisky Magazine

Gordon & MacPhail

St. Magdalene

1975

ABV 43%
REVIEWED Issue 53

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Specifications

Brand: St. Magdalene, Gordon & MacPhail, Rare Old
Expression: 1975
Type: Scotland Whisky / Single Malt
Age: No Age Statement
ABV: 43%
Country/Region: Scotland / Lowland
Bottling type: Independent Bottling
Bottled by: Gordon & MacPhail

Awards

Recommended
Issue 53

Tasting notes

Taster Arthur Motley

Nose: Green apples, fresh paint and fruit syrup. Kiwis and brown bread. A little eucalyptus oil and mint choc chip later on.
Palate: Sweet, malty, earthy then dry. Maturity and complexity.
Finish: Chocolate with citric sourness.
Comment: Typically lowland, with a nice progression of sensation: sweet, malty then zingy.

8.5

Taster Dave Broom

Nose: Intense. Cooked vegetable (cauliflower), yeasty start then opens into rose petal, Turkish delight, green apple/old apple. Grassy and shows some complexity. Lightly charred.
Palate: Very light, perfumed. Lacy texture. Sweet to start then comes a fresh stewed green plum flavour and red liquorice.
Finish: Vanilla essence.
Comment: Well balanced, though not quite the extra dimension of the very best on show.

8.0

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St Magdalene (Closed 1983) Distillery, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Lowland, Scotland

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