Macduff 10 year Batch 10, 52% (TBWC – Single Malt Scotch Whisky) Bottle108 of 1024, 50ml
- Colour – Bright golden straw
- Nose – Initially quite sour, then reminded a bit of Grappa, quite vegetal, some agave or Mescale, capsicum… is that also a whiff of sulfur??
- Palate – Was that pudina (mint)? It coats the tongue with a texture a bit like ghee, was it like eating sourdough starter, barley, or something a bit bitter?
- Finish – Licorice bark, a bit malty
- Water – Reminded one lady of sniffing oregano oil
What more do the good folks at That Boutique-y Whisky Co have to say? A few words about the distillery but alas not this particular batch!
The Macduff distillery was founded in the 1960s and is kitted out with five stills, four of which have lyne arms that are rather oddly arranged, with one of the wash stills’ lyne arms being U-shaped too, just so they’ll all fit in the still room! They don’t release whisky themselves under their own name – they release it under the name The Deveron. This is why the name Macduff might be more familiar to you from Shakespeare’s play, ‘Macbeth’. We’ve even put one of the deleted scenes from the play on the label of our Macduff bottling. Press the stopper down to hear the director’s commentary from Shakespeare himself (probably a lie).
I picked up this bottle in Germany from Whic.de for Eur 51 during a whisky sale – yes these do exist!
We tried it together in Mumbai with the Whisky Ladies in April 2023 together with more bottlings from That Boutique-y Whisky Co:
Curious about other Macduff whisky experiences? Read on:
- Macduff 11 year (2006/2018) 55.2% (North Star Series 005)
- Glen Deveron 20 year + revisit in Nov 2018
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