Gordon & MacPhail
7.8

Gordon & MacPhail

Scapa Distillery

1987

ABV 43%

Gordon and MacPhail has been the purveyor of Scapa's excellent malt far longer than owners Allied, which was slow to wake up to its allure. However, this is not its finest bottling and lacks that lovely cocoa depth of yore.

Jim Murray

Specification

Gordon & MacPhail

Brand

1987

Expression

Single Malt

Type

No age statement

Age (Years)

43%

ABV

Highland

Region/Country

Independent Bottling

Bottling Type

Tasting Notes

Jim Murray

Taster

Nose: Stunningly fresh and clean with gristy, grassy malt, a lovely thread of orange and honey and the very faintest echo of smoke. As mouth-watering as any nose could be.

Palate: Immediately dry with a zesty fruitiness. Deep malty notes do water the mouth but the development seems arrested by a non-specific flat fruitiness.

Finish: Slightly spicy; rather lacking in complexity.

Comment: Gordon and MacPhail has been the purveyor of Scapa's excellent malt far longer than owners Allied, which was slow to wake up to its allure. However, this is not its finest bottling and lacks that lovely cocoa depth of yore.

Score: 7.5

Michael Jackson

Taster

Nose: Leafy. Slightly sour, herbal note. Peat. Salt.

Palate: Lightly syrupy, nutty, salty.

Finish: Nutty, salty, very long. Appetising.

Comment: A complex, delicate, well-balanced vintage.

Score: 8

7.8
Overall Score

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