Macduff 21 Year Old – Batch 9 (That Boutique-y Whisky Company) | 500ML

Introduction

Whiskey: Macduff 21 Year Old – Batch 9 (That Boutique-y Whisky Company) | 500ML

Crystallised ginger, musky oak and salted caramel, then lemon peel, barley sugar and a touch of saddle leather.

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Size: 500ML

Proof: 102 (51%ABV)

Origin: Scotland

Distillery: Macduff

Independently bottled single malt from Macduff joins the latest release from That Boutique-y Whisky Company. Batch nine comes with a 21-year age statement and is a vatting of three casks, a hogshead, and a butt, distilled in 1997. Batch 9 is a release of 1,733 bottles. That Boutique-y Whisky Company bottles limited edition whiskies from a variety of renowned distilleries as well as producing award-winning blends. These whiskies are adorned with cultish graphic novel-style labels.

Macduff 21 Year Old – Batch 9 (That Boutique-y Whisky Company) | 500ML Tasting Notes

Nose: Crystallised ginger, musky oak and salted caramel, then lemon peel, barley sugar and a touch of saddle leather.

Palate: A thick, rich sweetness from dried fruit, cinnamon, vanilla and treacle kicks things off. Slightly astringent oak, red chilli warmth and baked earth add to a complex palate.

Finish: Warming golden barley, toffee apples, and drying oak spice.

Distillery Information

In 1958, the Macduff distillery was founded opposite Banff, by a syndicate under the name of Macduff Distillers Ltd, the group included George Crawford, Brodie Hepburn, James Stirret and Morty Dyke. A couple of years later production commenced and, over the course of the 1960s, further stills were installed, bringing the total to four. The Macduff distillery draws its waters from the Gelly Burn and lies on the east bank of the River Deveron in Banffshire. During the 1960s, Scotch whisky exportation increased threefold. In 1972, William Lawson Distillers acquired the distillery and eight years later they, in turn, were acquired by Martini Rossi. During William Lawsons tenure, they established Macduff as a component of the William Lawson blend, a very popular Scotch whisky which sells in excess of fifteen million bottles yearly. Indeed, Macduff whisky has long since been used as a blending product. Despite this, Macduff is still bottled as a single malt, though sometimes under the name Glen Deveron. Just fewer than half a million bottles of single malt whisky are released from the distillery each year and the majority are exported to France. In 1990, a further still was added, bringing the total to five. Five is a rather unusual number of stills, indeed there is only one other distillery with a combination of two wash and three spirit stills, namely the Talisker distillery on the Isle of Skye. The Macduff distillery is currently under Bacardi ownership following their acquisition of Martini Rossi in 1992. Bacardi subsequently transferred the distillery to John Dewar and Sons.