An independent bottling from the famed Elgin based company Gordon & MacPhail featuring the single malt scotch whisky of a mothballed distillery. The cask(s) were a refill sherry hogshead and bottled at 43%. The nose is both very green and positively reeks of banana skins and not a significant amount of anything else. After a few minutes it becomes sweeter with some sherry notes. With water there are some hints of cask and wet bung cloth, very light sherry and fruit. The taste is at first mildly buttery followed by a sweet meatiness and fruit; pear, apricot, raisins and muted banana. Quite pleasant. With water it’s much as described however the mouth feel is a little more subtle and it has lost the meatiness. The finish is a good mixture of malt and sweet sherry with a back bone of malt, oak and sweetness. Intriguingly a hint of smoke at the very tail end of the finish.

Overall a very nice dram.

Score 82 points.

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