{"product_id":"macduff-21-year-old-master-of-malt-christmas-bottling-2023-speyside-single-malt-whisky-3cl-sample","title":"Macduff 21 Year Old (Master of Malt Christmas Bottling 2023) Speyside Single Malt Whisky 3cl Sample","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 28px;\"\u003eMacduff 21 Year Old (Master of Malt Christmas Bottling 2023) Speyside Single Malt Whisky 3cl Sample\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA limited edition bottling made for Christmas 2023 in limited numbers. Now no longer available from source. 1 of 452 bottles made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe below excerpt is from MOM.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSleigh bells ring, are you listening? In this bottle, liquid glistening, distilled at Macduff, it's really top stuff, walking in a whisky wonderland. Season's Greetings folks. OK, we'll accept that writing jingles isn't really our thing, but you know what is? Bottling delicious whisky! This is a festive addition to our exclusive Master of Malt collection, matured for 21 years in a sherry butt, it's laden with cakey spice, toffee apple sweetness, and rich, buttery old oak. It'll make a superb gift for a Scotch whisky buff, and if you're searching for a bottle of \"Christmas whisky\", this is a great shout. A release of just 452 bottles and like all Master of Malt bottlings, this one is 100% natural colour and non-chill filtered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTasting Notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNose\u003c\/strong\u003e Creamy notes of honeyed porridge nestle beneath butterscotch and vibrant barley, with bold, polished oak. A touch of sugared almond arrives as things open up, with dried apples, sultanas, and a hint of leather.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePalate\u003c\/strong\u003e Superbly soft and sweet to start, with elegant notes of candy floss, Madeleines, and honeyed prunes. Creamy vanilla rides throughout, with buttery fudge, and toffee apples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinish\u003c\/strong\u003e Trickles of caramel and poached orchard fruits keep things sweet, while rich old oak brings a touch of nutmeg warmth to the lingering cakey 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\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e46% ABV\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3cl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macduff","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52783108817234,"sku":"000180","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1052\/9737\/9666\/files\/4504839983_c4f08ba8-44a1-43cf-8945-cba05000ac18.jpg?v=1771920399","url":"https:\/\/whiskysituation.co.uk\/products\/macduff-21-year-old-master-of-malt-christmas-bottling-2023-speyside-single-malt-whisky-3cl-sample","provider":"Whisky Situation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}