The Wood Makes The Whisky

[William]

To highlight the importance of wood in the creation of Scotch Single Malt Whisky independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail has recently launched a campaign to inform whisky drinkers both new and old about the importance of wood and the huge influence it can have on the flavour profile of a whisky even a brand of whisky you think your are 100% familiar with.

www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/woodmakesthewhisky.htm

To demonstrate Gordon & MacPhail's philosophy of "The Wood Makes the Whisky' I have reviewed four single malt whiskies from Gordon & MacPhail's whisky Collections: Connoisseurs Choice, The MacPhail's Collection and Rare Vintage, which demonstrate their philosophy of "The Wood Makes The Whisky".

Gordon & MacPhail Rare Vintage Glen Grant 1954
The MacPhail's Collection Bunnahabhain 8 Years Old
Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice Speyburn 1991
Gordon & MacPhail Distillery Labels Ardmore 1996

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There's no bad whisky. Just good whisky and better whisky.

[Charlie]

The Bunnahabhain 8 year old sounds good, so does the Glen Grant 1954 but the Bunna is more in my budget.

[Quaich1]

William, the G&M GG 1954 sounds wonderful based on your review and taste notes. Over 50 years in the cask; quite an achievement when it turns out like this one.

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[Keith]

I am a big fan of G & M, they do offer some good stuff and price things appropriately where some other indie bottlers have gotten greedy. I would love to try that Glen Grant 1954 but I don't think the wife would talk to me if I blew £1200 on a bottle at the moment.

[TheWM]

Ditto - G&M have never let me down, so I may just garb some of the Bunnahabhain as I have been hankering for one recently...