Macduff: every past SMWS bottling

In short · Macduff (Highland), 7 years.

“A very pleasant, almost innocuous, scent surprised the Panel.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 9 years.

“The nose opened in a sweet shop, offering runny caramel and toffee apples, but soon wandered into an orchard ready for picking.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 14 years.

“This was an al fresco disco of plums stewed in red wine, orange blossom and clarified butter spiked with chocolate bitters.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 18 years.

“We made pumpkin doughnut waffles with a vanilla cardamom glaze as well as rhubarb and apple crumble served with honey-roasted peanuts.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 10 years.

“The nose, lush and inviting, was a cascade of orchard fruits, especially pears (in syrup), green apples and apricot danish.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 13 years.

“A gentle, sweet aroma with delicate hints of char and the faint glow of wood smoke made this an enticing offering.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 17 years.

“Ready to embrace your taste for adventure?…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 13 years.

“WHISKY WANDERERS   This year   we’re   celebrating Scottish whisky festivals differently with   specially selected   casks that defy traditional expectations.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In 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

In short · Macduff (Highland), 16 years.

“The neat nose bristled with slightly pickled dark fruits, then wee hints of bergamot, blood orange and candied citrus peels.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 15 years.

“The aromas on the neat nose reminded us of key lime pie, mascarpone cream, lemon shortbread, and honey and nut granola – but also of tart green apples and sour…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 16 years.

“After 13 years in ex-bourbon wood this was enhanced in a first fill American oak PX hogshead.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 17 years.

“The starting note for this small batch was two bourbon hogsheads of single malt Scotch whisky.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 13 years.

“A frightfully sweet and generous nose came full of Jamaica cake, parkin, glacé cherries, rum and raisin ice cream, and cinnamon pastries at first nosing.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 16 years.

“Newspapers sat in a tray of treacle that soaked up the news as a glass of port was poured nearby.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 13 years.

“This one displayed an immediate and very attractive richness.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 16 years.

“At first we noted runny honey, shoe polish, new leather and sweet stout beers, followed by hints of beef and vegetable stocks, American cream soda, fruit and nut…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 16 years.

“At first we got juicy, booze-soaked sultanas and raisins.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 13 years.

“A complex and rather robust neat nose brought aromas of pineapple chunks in a rum and demerara sugar dressing and the earthy sweetness of honey-roasted root vegetables.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 11 years.

“Roses, violets and cherry blossom blended with sweet apples and milk chocolate biscuits, while malted barley joined breakfast cereal in a pine forest.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 10 years.

“The nose meandered from lemon drops and orange ice lollies to honey, vanilla, toffee chews and coffee cake, ending up in a garden shed.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 8 years.

“When was the last time you had a large red swirl strawberry and cream flavoured lollipop?…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 12 years.

“This nose combined savoury and woody impressions, like charcuterie on wooden serving boards or ‘pulling nori from miso soup with wooden chopsticks’ – it also had citrus…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 11 years.

“Limited to 2 bottles per member One Panel member immediately had that picture in his head of climbing a Munro (a mountain in Scotland over 914 meters) and having reached…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 12 years.

“A juicy and sweet initial aroma that included apple sours, lemon sherbet, flying saucer sweeties and rhubarb and custard.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 11 years.

“Limited to 1 bottles per member A rather brusque and charismatic initial aroma of camp coffee, sweet camphor, rubber plimsolls, honey-centred lozenges and crisp cereals.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 12 years.

“Limited to 2 per member A very agreeable nose – banana bread, shortbread and buttery flapjacks, orange boxes, pine resin and fresh Charentais melon.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 11 years.

“Limited to 1 bottle per member We walked into an old-fashioned sweet shop with wooden counters where generations of children exchanged their pennies for a delicious…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 11 years.

“Limited to 1 per member This one was all about lemons –fresh lemon sorbet, sherbet sours, lemon curd, limoncello, lemon zest cookies and warm lemon pudding cake.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 10 years.

“Perfumed aromas came from alpine meadows with suggestions of pot pouri, clary sage and sandalwood.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 13 years.

“We were transported to one of those many small harbours along the Moray coast on a misty day; a fisherman painted his boat and by his side a steaming cup of blackcurrant…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 11 years.

“Bottle limited to 2 per member We all started snacking on spiced apple rings made from crisp green Granny Smiths and seasoned with either white pepper and cinnamon or…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 13 years.

“A surprisingly dense and sweet nose full of condensed milk, sweetened butter, mango yogurt, milk bottle sweeties, gooseberry fool, lemon parfait, marshmallow spread,…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 16 years.

“We collided at some speed into a wall of plums, bruised apples and spicy chorizo before rebounding into the safety of soft leather, fruitcake dough and earthy rhubarb…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 10 years.

“The nose opens on baking parchment and yellow wild flowers.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 11 years.

“Bottle limited to 2 per member A sharp and vibrant nose initially, showing plenty of tart green apples, finger limes, chalk dust and torn mint leaves.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 11 years.

“Bottle limited to 2 per member The nose led us through summer gardens and orchards – apple, peach and pear, tinned fruit salad, Turkish delight, honey and vanilla –…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS

In short · Macduff (Highland), 11 years.

“Limited to 2 bottles per member There was a lovely warm/floral summer breeze as we hung freshly washed linen on the line beside a field of rolled-up hay bales.…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS