Oct 2026In short · Macduff (Highland), 7 years, Ripe Fruits & Honey.
“On the nose, we spread blackcurrant jam over a heavy oilskin raincoat, before adding eastern spices and a crumb of crushed breakfast cereal topped with mace-infused…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 6.94 is a single cask of Macduff, in the Highland region, 7 years old, bottled at 48%, released in the Oct 2026 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).