Sold outMar 2025In short · Macduff (Highland), 16 years.
“The nose combined blackcurrant pastilles, damson crumble and bramble jelly with the earthiness of cinnamon stick, eucalyptus and digging the garden in new leather shoes.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 6.81 is a single cask of Macduff, in the Highland region, 16 years old, bottled at 56.9%, released in the Mar 2025 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 6.x is from Macduff.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
Built in 1960 at the height of the post-war boom, Macduff stands where the River Deveron meets the Moray Firth, and most of what it makes still disappears into William Lawson's blend. Under its own name it travels as The Deveron, a clean, malty, gently fruity coastal Highlander that rarely gets the spotlight it deserves. Part of the Dewar's family (Bacardi).