GORDON & MACPHAIL RELEASES RECOLLECTION SERIES FEATURING RARE SINGLE MALTS FROM CLOSED SCOTTISH DISTILLERIES
Gordon & MacPhail is unveiling a group of exceptionally uncommon whiskies from closed distilleries throughout Scotland – a brand new annual sequence of single cask releases from its revered liquid library.
The ‘Recollection Sequence’ encompasses a trove of whiskies from distilleries misplaced to the mists of time, giving lovers and collectors a novel alternative to get pleasure from forgotten masterpieces.
From the Non-public Assortment vary, personally chosen by members of Gordon & MacPhail’s proudly owning household, come a 1982 from St. Magdalene Distillery (Linlithgow), a 1982 from Glen Mhor Distillery (Inverness), and a 1981 from Lochside Distillery (Montrose). All whiskies are bottled at cask power and unchillfiltered.
The whiskies, every matured in Gordon & MacPhail’s personal casks, exemplify Gordon & MacPhail’s affected person strategy to maturation, guided by the precept that guaranteeing high quality is all the time the important thing motivating issue.
The releases from St Magdalene, Glen Mhor and Lochside distilleries can be found worldwide, with different releases within the sequence out there in choose worldwide markets.
Stuart Urquhart, Operations Director at Gordon & MacPhail mentioned: “We’re excited to launch a sequence that revives and celebrates the spirit and character of those closed distilleries from throughout Scotland.
“Every exceptional expression is vanishingly uncommon and captures an unrepeatable second in Scotland’s wealthy liquid heritage. Having rigorously assessed the progress of every spirit down the a long time, we really feel now’s lastly the appropriate second to disclose these landmark single malts. We hope the annual sequence will excite single malt lovers eager to strive one thing completely different, and irreplaceable.”
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Gordon & MacPhail Non-public Assortment 1982 from St Magdalene Distillery [RSP £2249.99/ $3499 USD]*
The 39-year-old whisky has been matured in casks #2094 – a refill American hogshead – and shall be out there worldwide.
- ABV:8%
- Outturn: 165 bottles
- Aroma: Baked apple aromas result in demerara sugar and faint dried herbs. Grapefruit zest develops accompanied by white chocolate and freshly minimize grass.
- Style: Dried pineapple flavours infuse with ardour fruit and crystallised violet. Lemon curd involves the fore alongside refined icing sugar and a faint natural edge.
- End: White pepper and charred oak linger on the end with citrus fruit.
- Concerning the distillery: Constructed within the Royal Burgh of Linlithgow within the mid-18th century by Sebastian Henderson who rented the lands of St. Magdalene’s Cross Convent from the Countess of Dalhousie to construct the distillery. The operation of St Magdalene all through the twentieth century, although the distillery grew to become one among 9 completely closed by the corporate in 1983. The distillery was renovated into residential flats within the early Nineteen Nineties, although its malting barn and kiln, that are registered as C Grade listed buildings, stay.
Gordon & MacPhail Non-public Assortment 1982 from Glen Mhor Distillery [RSP £2249.99/ $3499 USD]*
The 40-year-old Glen Mhor whisky has been matured in a refill Sherry hogshead and shall be out there worldwide.
- ABV:8%
- Outturn: 174 bottles
- Aroma: Wealthy Sherry influences with toasted hazelnuts and refined milk chocolate. Morello cherry notes develop alongside candy treacle toffee.
- Style: Intense stewed fruit results in pressed apple and demerara sugar. Raspberry compote combines with mushy white pepper and a touch of dried tobacco.
- End: A full end with citrus and summer time fruit.
- Concerning the distillery: Designed by Charles Doig, the distillery was in-built in 1892 by John Birnie and Charles Mackinlay. Unusually, the Highland primarily based distillery remained water-powered till the Nineteen Fifties and had Saladin maltings put in in 1954. It was finally demolished in 1986.
Gordon & MacPhail Non-public Assortment 1981 from Lochside Distillery [RSP £3199.99/ $4999 USD]*
The 40-year-old whisky has been matured in a refill Sherry hogshead and shall be out there throughout worldwide markets.
- ABV:2%
- Outturn: 141 bottles
- Aroma: Wealthy Sherry aromas complement aromatic mandarin peel. Salted almonds come to the fore with raspberry compote and faint malted biscuit.
- Style: Roasted espresso beans result in walnuts and stewed raisins. Blackcurrant jam accompanies Seville orange peel and purple apple.
- End: A protracted end with lingering hazelnuts and cocoa powder.
- Concerning the distillery: Lochside was a brewery from 1786 till its closure in 1957. It integrated a white tower – a traditional German brauhaus design – that was reinterpreted by Charles Doig in 1899. The positioning was then bought with the brand new proprietor putting in a Coffey and he set about putting in a Coffey nonetheless, swiftly adopted by 4 pot stills in 1961. The Coffey nonetheless was decommissioned and the distillery ran till the early Nineteen Nineties earlier than it was lastly closed and bought to builders earlier than being demolished in 2005.
*Costs in worldwide markets might fluctuate on account of native taxes and import duties.
About Gordon & MacPhail Whiskies
For over 125 years, Gordon & MacPhail has been pushed by a easy mission: to create single malt Scotch whisky of outstanding high quality.
By 4 generations of household possession, the corporate has matched spirit from over 100 Scottish distilleries to its personal bespoke casks.
It’s this distinctive depth and breadth of expertise that allows Gordon & MacPhail to mix oak, spirit and time to create a portfolio of iconic whiskies discovered nowhere else on the planet.
- ‘Discovery’–This flavour-led vary is the right introduction to our portfolio of high quality single malt Scotch whiskies
- ‘Distillery Labels’–A variety celebrating our long-standing relationships with Scotland’s distilleries
- ‘Connoisseurs Selection’ –The guts of our portfolio. All the time distinctive, these non-chill-filtered, pure colored, small batch expressions are real one-offs.
- ‘Non-public Assortment’–Drastically-aged single malts from celebrated, little-known, or closed distilleries specifically chosen by members of the Urquhart household
- ‘Generations’–A prestigious assortment of outdated, uncommon, and unique masterpieces
