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Gordon & MacPhail started in 1895 in Elgin in Scotland as a delicatessen. And it still exists! As a specialty, the company focused on maturing and bottling malt whisky. And in that they have become very large. More than 7000 bottlings are now in their name, including quite a few legendary ones.
Well-known series include Connoisseurs Choice and Reserve. The company not only has its own storage of whisky casks, but since 1993 also its own distillery: Benromach.
The Connoisseurs Choice—Cask Strength series from Gordon & MacPhail has a good name among whisky connoisseurs, and rightly so: see this Tomatin single malt whisky. It matured for 20 years in a first-fill bourbon cask and was bottled at 55.8% cask strength
This Dailuaine single malt whisky matured in a refill sherry cask for 24 years. It was an active cask because the whisky came out at a cask strength of only 41.6%. This resulted in notes such as fruitcake, orange, ginger, black pepper, and aniseed.
Gordon & MacPhail bottled this Teaninich single malt whisky for the Dutch market. The Highland malt matured for 12 years in a large sherry cask and is bottled at cask strength. Notable notes include ginger and cinnamon, orange, strawberry and cocoa. 57.9%
Balmenach distils single malt whisky in the typical Speyside style, with its own character. The distillery itself releases virtually no bottlings, so to taste this malt whisky, we have to rely on third-party bottlings like this one. (15 years, 61.8%)
The Strathmill Distillery has virtually no bottlings of its own, so we rely on bottlers such as Gordon & MacPhail for their single malt whisky. In their Connoisseurs Choice series, they release this 14-year-old, bourbon-aged Strathmill. (55.3%)
A nice sherried single malt. Solid with layers of complexity. The influence of the sherry cask isn't overpowering the whisky at all, leaving enough space for the delicate dried fruits and warming spices to come through. Pleasantly quaffable!
You don't come across Glenlossie single malt whisky very often, especially not a 40-year-old Glenlossie! What makes this bottling from Gordon & MacPhail even more special is the high cask strength of 60.2% after four decades in a bourbon cask.
Nowadays, you see more and more the peated version of Bunnahabhain's single malt whisky; this, however, is once again the old-fashioned, unpeated variant. The 14-year-old Islay malt matured in a first-fill sherry cask from bottler Gordon & MacPhail. 57.6%
This Caol Ila bottling in the Discovery series by Gordon & MacPhail has aged for 13 years in clearly active bourbon casks. In this Islay single malt whisky you will find notes of vanilla, caramel, fruit and leather, and salty peat smoke and iodine.
A successful example of a 'modern' sherryed single malt whisky, this 10-year-old Macduff from Gordon & MacPhail. Aroma and taste are uncomplicated, with clearly recognizable sherry tones. A pleasantly drinkable dram for an evening with friends!
Gordon & MacPhail is the only bottler allowed to place original distillery labels on its bottlings. This happens in the Licensed Bottling series, for example with this approximately 15-year-old Ardmore single malt bottling. The whisky matured in G&M casks
To be bottled at a strength of 62.7% after 16 years of maturing, well, as a single malt whisky, that must have been in quite a special cask. And that is what we see with this Glenrothes that matured in a refill sherry cask. Stewed fruit, morellos, almond.
A lesser known but certainly interesting series from Gordon & MacPhail is Connoisseurs Choice - Wood Finished. The whisky in this series is finished in special casks. Like this 13-year-old Caol Ila that was finished in casks of an Italian top wine. (45%)
In the Distillery Labels series, Gordon & MacPhail bottled this Ardmore single malt whisky in 2022. The bottler was allowed to use the distillery label. You can smell and taste berries, raspberries and currants in this dram, licorice, smoke, and apple.
With the very affordable bottlings in Gordon & MacPhail's Discovery series, you can explore the Scotch whisky world! Take this Tomatin single malt whisky, for example. The Highlander matured for about 12 years in a bourbon cask and was bottled at 43%.
Bottler Gordon & MacPhail released this very special Glen Grant in 2005: the Speyside single malt whisky is no less than 50 years old (with vintage 1955). It matured in first -fill sherry casks. And now, in 2022, it scores over 92 points on Whiskybase!
Gordon & MacPhail also used one of their own casks, a refill hogshead of American oak, to mature this Glen Keith single malt whisky. Together with the distillery profile, this gives notes like green apple, apricot jam, vanilla and menthol. (54.7%)
Glentauchers is, except to insiders, a not so well known Speyside distillery. This Gordon & MacPhail bottling is a good and affordable option to get to know the single malt whisky. Matured for 14 years in a cask chosen by the bottler. Bottled at 43%.
Auchroisk will be an unknown name for many. Fortunately, there is the Discovery series by Gordon & MacPhail. You will find this 10-year-old, bourbon-matured single malt whisky from the Speyside distillery at an affordable price. Creamy and fruity. (43%)
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II in 1977, bottler Gordon & MacPhail released this 25 year old Macallan single malt whisky. A special bottle then, but now, 45 years later, extra special. And it scores high! (bottled at 40%)
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