Gordon & MacPhail ‘Licenced Bottling’ Strathisla 25 year old 43%
Btl Code: JI/ AJAF
First Fill Sherry Butt/ Tasted: Sept 2007
Stunning aromas of mature, rich orange marmalade fruit, candied orange skins, mature honey and wonderfully mellow sherry spices. Seamless with a lovely crisp edge to it and a delightful floral top note.
The palate is light and crisp. The flavours come in waves of spicy orange fruit, earth, malt and coffee. Again there is a lovely balancing hardness to the flavours. Soft and very long with a pleasant tanginess and a touch of menthol.
Gordon & MacPhail ‘Licenced Bottling’ Strathisla 1964 (44 year old) 43%
Sherry Cask
Dist 1964 Btl: 2008/ Tasted: July 2009
The nose is big, woody and mature. All sherry with a bit of a sulphur blemish (more of a struck match note really). Leafy, herbal (as expected) with a late note of milk chocolate drops.
The palate displays some soft orangey fruit. Mature and earthy along with the struck match note. Good length. Soft with a woody/ tannic finish. In conclusion I can’t get over that struck match note. It has ruined the nose and to be honest the palate was ordinary at best.
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