SPEYBURN - 12 ans - 2008 - Gordon & MacPhail - 60.30%
Gordon & MacPhail is an independent bottler of Scottish whisky and owner of Benromach Distillery, famous for its richly diverse range of bottlings from some of the most notable distilleries in Scotland. The business was founded in 1895 as a grocer and wine and spirit merchant in Elgin in the northeast of Scotland. In 1915, former apprentice John Urquhart, took over full control of the business. More than a century later, Gordon & MacPhail remains a family business.
Speyburn Distillery is located in Rothes, in the Speyside region of Scotland. It was founded in 1897 by John Hopkins and the site was chosen for its unpolluted water supply from the Granty Burn, a minor tributary of the River Spey. When production finally began, the still house was without doors and windows. Under the watchful eye of the distillery's manager, John Smith, the first spirit was run off in a violent snow storm with the distillery men working in overcoats and mufflers to protect them from the elements. However, the proprietors succeeded in achieving their ambition and one butt was produced and bonded bearing the date 1897. Today, the distillery is owned by Inver House Distillers Limited.
This edition was aged for 12 years in a first-fill Sherry butt from a Single Cask (#553). It was bottled on the 13th of May 2021 and produced 656 bottles.
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