{"product_id":"macduff-15-year-old-2009-gordon-amp-macphail-connoisseurs-choice-uk-exclusive-single-1st-fill-bourbon-barrel-11901-highland-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2025-70cl","title":"Macduff 15 Year Old 2009 Gordon \u0026 Macphail Connoisseurs Choice UK EXCLUSIVE Single 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel #11901 Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2025) 70cl","description":"\u003ch2\u003eMacduff 15 Year Old 2009 Gordon \u0026amp; Macphail Connoisseurs Choice UK EXCLUSIVE Single 1st Fill Bourbon Barrel #11901 Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (2025) 70cl\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 of 201 bottles produced exclusively for the UK\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArguably the most famous independent bottler of Scotch whisky there is. Gordon \u0026amp; MacPhail was founded in Elgin in 1895 by James Gordon and John Alexander MacPhail. It is now owned by the Urquhart Family who have bow bottled over 350 different expressions from around 69 different distilleries. Gordon \u0026amp; MacPhail is the Trading name of Speymalt Whiskies while also owning the Benromach distillery, which they purchased in 1993. Some of the brands include Connoisseurs Choice, Cask Strength, Rare Old and Speymalt.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTASTING NOTES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNose: Lime and lemon zest combine with rich vanilla. Red apple and soft cocoa powder are followed by charred oak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePalate: Desiccated coconut and pineapple notes lead to sweet heather honey. A hint of butterscotch leads to banana and tangerine peel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFinish: Medium length with tropical fruit and slight spice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout Macduff\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"banner-content-inner\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"introduction\"\u003eA seaside distillery, Macduff is located in the fishing port of the same name, on the banks of the River Deveron, next to the Moray Firth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pagenav js-fixed\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMacduff distillery has a classic, clean and functional Delme-Evans design, with the stillhouse being the most intriguing part of the engineering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn here are five stills – two wash and three spirit – all of which have upward-tilting lyne arms that have a right angled kink in them. The spirit stills also have horizontal shell and tube condensers. The character is nutty (slightly sulphury at new make stage), with quick mashing, short fermentation and cold condensers. It is this last technique which adds weight to the spirit. It could well be that the kink in the lyne arm helps create just enough reflux to contribute a balancing fruitiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA modern distillery, Macduff (whose whisky is bottled by its owner as either Glen Deveron or The Deveron; Macduff is only used by independent bottlers) was built in 1960 to tap into the post-war whisky boom. The group of Glasgow brokers who were the original owners included Brodie Hepburn [see Tullibardine, Deanston] and it was through them, one imagines, that William Delme-Evans was chosen as architect. Brokers Block, Grey \u0026amp; Block were in charge between 1966 and 1972 when it became part of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/scotchwhisky.com\/whiskypedia\/2554\/william-lawson-s\/\"\u003eWilliam Lawson\u003c\/a\u003e, the whisky arm of Martini \u0026amp; Rossi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe distillery had been slowly expanding in terms of production throughout its life and its Italian owner upped the number of stills to five in 1990. By then a range of single malts had been released, all under the name Glen Deveron.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn keeping with the Italian market’s love of young fresh malts, a five- and eight-year-old were early members of the range. Two years later, Martini merged with Bacardi and in 1995 Macduff became part of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/scotchwhisky.com\/whiskypedia\/2600\/john-dewar-sons\/\"\u003eDewar’s\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, the William Lawson blend has become a huge seller in Russia, but that hasn’t stopped Dewar’s plans to relaunch the single malt as Deveron. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e58.6% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e70cl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macduff","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52791378608466,"sku":"MACD15GMCC2009","price":135.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/9737\/9666\/files\/Macduff15YearOld2009Gordon_MacphailConnoisseursChoiceUKEXCLUSIVESingle1stFillBourbonBarrel_11901.jpg?v=1771957995","url":"https:\/\/whiskysituation.co.uk\/products\/macduff-15-year-old-2009-gordon-amp-macphail-connoisseurs-choice-uk-exclusive-single-1st-fill-bourbon-barrel-11901-highland-single-malt-scotch-whisky-2025-70cl","provider":"Whisky Situation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}