Macduff 2009/2024 tasting notes
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concert_goerMacduff 15YO Lady of the Glen 5cl 55.2% ABV
Lady of the Glen Tasting Set
Distilled May 20, 2009; bottled October 16, 2024
Matured in a hogshead and finished in a 1st fill ex-Pedro Ximénez Sherry cask for 20 months
Cask no. 4089
Color: dark gold.
Nose: dates, figs, prunes, sugar-coated cranberries, chocolate gingerbread, eraser, black peppercorns, soy sauce, cherries, nutmeg, orange marmalade, polished wood, brown sugar. A lot of sweet sherry notes, everything else feels muted.
Taste: oranges, grapefruits, honey, dark chocolate, mint, pepper, cocoa, clove, lemons. The citrus variety is impressive, but the sweetness feels a bit much despite the clear acidity present.
Finish: chocolate, honey, mint, pepper, clove, baked apples, lemons.
Score: 8 ¼. Almost good. +1+1+1.
Conclusion: a sweet malt with a not very convincing aroma. Might improve with water, though the 50ml bottle from the Lady of the Glen tasting set was too small to think about any experiments. 83/100. This was only my fifth Macduff tasted, and the scores for all five were wildly different, ranging between 80 and 92.
Lady of the Glen Tasting Set
Distilled May 20, 2009; bottled October 16, 2024
Matured in a hogshead and finished in a 1st fill ex-Pedro Ximénez Sherry cask for 20 months
Cask no. 4089
Color: dark gold.
Nose: dates, figs, prunes, sugar-coated cranberries, chocolate gingerbread, eraser, black peppercorns, soy sauce, cherries, nutmeg, orange marmalade, polished wood, brown sugar. A lot of sweet sherry notes, everything else feels muted.
Taste: oranges, grapefruits, honey, dark chocolate, mint, pepper, cocoa, clove, lemons. The citrus variety is impressive, but the sweetness feels a bit much despite the clear acidity present.
Finish: chocolate, honey, mint, pepper, clove, baked apples, lemons.
Score: 8 ¼. Almost good. +1+1+1.
Conclusion: a sweet malt with a not very convincing aroma. Might improve with water, though the 50ml bottle from the Lady of the Glen tasting set was too small to think about any experiments. 83/100. This was only my fifth Macduff tasted, and the scores for all five were wildly different, ranging between 80 and 92.
