Gordon & MacPhail

  • Glenturret 2002 The MacPhail’s Collection

    Glenturret 2002 The MacPhail’s Collection (43%, Gordon & MacPhail, 2016) Whisky Review Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Origin: Glenturret Distillery Bottling: Gordon & MacPhail, The MacPhail’s Collection ABV: 43% Cost: £40.19 What they say: Gordon & MacPhail, one of… Continue reading

    Glenturret 2002 The MacPhail’s Collection
  • Glen Keith 1993 Connoisseurs Choice

    Glen Keith 12 Years Old 1993 Connoisseurs Choice (43%, Gordon & MacPhail, 2005) Category: Speyside single malt scotch whisky Origin: Glen Keith Distillery Bottling: Gordon & MacPhail; Connoisseurs Choice ABV: 46% Cost: £40.34 What they say: Colour Pale Straw. Body… Continue reading

    Glen Keith 1993 Connoisseurs Choice
  • Smith’s Glenlivet 1974 Rare Vintage

    Christmasy, woody and a somewhat crystalline or purified essential oil flavours with tannic red fruits. Definitely one for red wine lovers! 86/100 Continue reading

    Smith’s Glenlivet 1974 Rare Vintage
  • Glen Grant 1954 Rare Vintage

    An astonishingly good dram from Gordon & MacPhail. There is a very nice balance to this dram that makes it all so sublime. At first it is a little closed and overpolished wood or toffee but starts to melt in… Continue reading

    Glen Grant 1954 Rare Vintage
  • Macallan 2006 Speymalt

    Lovely, lots of nice things in this dram, crunchie choclate bars and crème brulee with banana and chocolate influences, a real toasty wood flavour too. 86/100 Continue reading

    Macallan 2006 Speymalt
  • Glenrothes 8 Year Old The MacPhail’s Collection

    Youthful and direct, bitter-sweet lemons but quite refreshing and lively/zesty this ended up being relatively one-dimensional ‘lemon juice on pancakes’ 81/100 Continue reading

    Glenrothes 8 Year Old The MacPhail’s Collection
  • Speyburn 1989 Connoisseurs Choice

    Simply I noted: Very Nice! Note – although the sample bottle was labelled 1991, accompanying tasting notes confirmed this is in fact the 1989 bottled vintage. 86/100 Continue reading

    Speyburn 1989 Connoisseurs Choice
  • Ardmore 1996 Distillery Labels

    Possibly my most favourite Ardmore expression I have sampled. This is reserved and massively well-balanced with a great complexity presented in such a smooth and approachable palate. Very nice. 85/100 Continue reading

    Ardmore 1996 Distillery Labels
  • Bunnahabhain 8 Year Old The MacPhail’s Collection

    Bunnahabhain 8 Year Old The MacPhail’s Collection (43%, Gordon & MacPhail, Heavily Peated, 2016) Category: Islay single malt scotch whisky Origin: Bunnahabhain Distillery Bottling: Gordon & MacPhail – The MacPhail’s Collection ABV: 43% Cost: £30.25 Score: 83/100 What they say:… Continue reading

    Bunnahabhain  8 Year Old The MacPhail’s Collection
  • Benromach 15 Years Old

    Benromach 15 Years Old (43%, OB, 2015) Speyside single malt scotch whisky 43% ABV, £49.95 for 70cl What they say: A notable new addition to the Benromach stable of classic Speyside single malt whiskies has gone on sale. Benromach 15… Continue reading

    Benromach 15 Years Old