Gordon & Macphail Speymalt from Macallan 20 Year Old 2004 1st Fill Sherry Hogshead Itinéraires - 70cl
Gordon & MacPhail, founded in Elgin in 1895, is one of the world's oldest and most respected independent bottlers — identifying exceptional casks and nurturing them over decades in their own Elgin warehouses across 125+ years of continuous family ownership. The Speymalt from Macallan label has been G&M's most celebrated release since the 1960s — drawing on the firm's long-term relationship with Macallan and exceptional first-fill sherry cask access. This 2004 vintage from the Itinéraires series curated for La Maison du Whisky offers twenty years of patient first-fill sherry hogshead maturation. Non-chill filtered, natural colour. Available to buy online in Singapore from The Liquid Collection.
TASTING NOTES
NOSE
Deeply complex and beautifully layered with stewed plums, sour cherries, dried figs, and dark raisins leading the way, complemented by spiced orange peel, ginger, dark chocolate, polished oak, and a subtle cigar-like earthiness that speaks to the full twenty years of first-fill sherry hogshead maturation.
PALATE
Full-bodied, silky, and richly textured with cocoa powder, leather, toasted hazelnuts, and dried plums at the fore, balanced by orange and black pepper warmth, toasted almonds, milk chocolate, and a creamy sweetness that slowly gives way to warming oak spice of remarkable refinement.
FINISH
Long, warm, and harmoniously balanced with sultanas, Medjool dates, dry oak, and a gentle sweet-spicy warmth of walnuts and autumnal spice — a deeply satisfying and beautifully sustained close that lingers w
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