Michael Jackson
Nose
Leafy. Slightly sour, herbal note. Peat. Salt.
Palate
Lightly syrupy, nutty, salty.
Finish
Nutty, salty, very long. Appetising.
Comment
A complex, delicate, well-balanced vintage.
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Jim Murray
Nose
Stunningly fresh and clean with grisity, grassy malt, a lovely thread of orange and honey and the very faintest echo of smoke. As mouth-watering as any nose could be.
Palate
Immediatel dry with a zesty fruitiness. Deep malty notes do water the mouth but the development seems arrested by a non-specific flat fruitiness.
Finish
Slightly spicy; rather lacking in complexity.
Comment
Gordon and MacPhail has been the purveyor of Scapa's excellent malt far longer than owners Allied, which was slow to wake up to its allure. However, this is not its finest bottling and lacks that lovely cocoa depth of yore.
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