Scott's Selection MacDuff 1978 Single Highland Malt
[High 123]

Scott's Selection MacDuff 1978 Single Highland Malt

Streek: Highland/Speyside
Distilleerderij: Speyside Distillers Co Ltd
Leeftijd: 29 Jaar
Inhoud: 70 cl
Distilled: 1978
Bottled: 2007
Bottelaar: Robert Scott & Co
Alc: 44.4%

Settled near the river Deveron, on the border of the Speyside area, the Macduff distillery has been created by the Glen Deveron Distillers Ltd in 1962. It has been sold 12 years later to the Bacardi group. During its short history, the Macduff distillery has had several alterations, in order to test different distillation techniques. Macduff was the first of all distilleries in Scotland to experiment metal mashtuns, and it was also the first one to use steam to heat the stills. Further, Macduff is one of the only distilleries who isolate the lyne arm in order to save on energy before placing the condensers horizontally in order to optimise the cooling process. Macduff doubled its production between 1966 and 1968. It installed a 5th still in 1990. The single malt from the distillery is officially called "Glen Deveron", and some independent bottlers market whisky from the distillery under the name "Macduff". The malt is part of the composition of William Lawson blend.

Scott's Selection's are exceedingly Rare Single Malt Scotch Whiskies hand picked as his favourites by Robert Scott, Master Blender at Speyside Distillers in Glasgow, Scotland. Over many years, Robert would "lay down" new fillings from distilleries all over Scotland and await in quiet antcipation the results of the maturing liquid gold. Only when he judged the individual Single Malts had achieved their optimum in quality and finish would he allow them to be bottled under his strict supervision.

The selection is neither chill filtered or reduced with water and is bottled at the natural cask strength for Robert believed in savouring the original flavours of the unique collection. Chill filtration is used generally for purely asthetic reasons, yet it can on occasion take a lot of the character out of the Whisky and Robert's appetite was for "the meat and the potatoes". Robert Scott has now "officially" retired from Speyside. However, he still keeps a close eye on his collection and is still excited when a special wee parcel comes to light.

€ 102.95

Scott's Selection MacDuff 1978 Single Highland Malt[High 123]