Gordon & MacPhail
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Gordon & MacPhail

St Magdalene Distillery (Closed 1983)

1975, 30 Years Old

ABV 53%

A complete curveball from nose to palate. Certainly different and one to look out for and try.

Rob Allanson

Specification

Gordon & MacPhail

Brand

Gordon & MacPhail

Bottler

1975, 30 Years Old

Expression

Single Malt

Type

30

Age (Years)

2005

Year of Bottling

53%

ABV

Lowland

Region/Country

Independent Bottling

Bottling Type

Tasting Notes

Rob Allanson

Taster

Nose: Lemon and lime toasted marshmallows. Fresh pastry cases, baked cheesecake with lemon curd, hot caramel peanuts. Toasted oak. Sherbet lemons and lemon drizzle cake.

Palate: A turn from the nose, a little rubbery, smoked haddock, chewy sweets, blueberry compote. In time blue goat’s cheese and charcoal crackers.

Finish: Quite fast, leaving nothing but the tanginess of blueberries and citrus oil.

Comment: A complete curveball from nose to palate. Certainly different and one to look out for and try.

Score: 7.9

Lyndsey Gray

Taster

Nose: Freshly torched crème brûlées followed by notes of strawberry yoghurt, pecan pralines and rhubarb. An essence of lemon washing-up liquid swipes over everything else and dominates.

Palate: Baked rhubarb, soya milk and New York cheesecake are topped off with roasted hazelnuts, pine wood shavings and aloe vera.

Finish: Super earthy and minty with lemon drops added into the mix. Short and abrupt.

Comment: One big chocolate hazelnut boulder rolling around the bottom of the garden in autumn.

Score: 8

8
Overall Score

From The Distillery

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