Gordon & MacPhail St Magdalene 1975

Tasted in Whisky Magazine Issue 53 by Arthur Motley and Dave Broom.

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Tasting Notes

Arthur Motley Nose Green apples, fresh paint and fruit syrup. Kiwis and brown bread. A little eucalyptus oil and mint choc chip later on. Palate Sweet, malty, earthy then dry. Maturity and complexity. Finish Chocolate with citric sourness. Comment Typically lowland, with a nice progression of sensation: sweet, malty then zingy.

Dave Broom Nose Intense. Cooked vegetable (cauliflower), yeasty start then opens into rose petal, Turkish delight, green apple/old apple. Grassy and shows some complexity. Lightly charred. Palate Very light, perfumed. Lacy texture. Sweet to start then comes a fresh stewed green plum flavour and red liquorice. Finish Vanilla essence. Comment Well balanced, though not quite the extra dimension of the very best on show.