St. Magdalene 29 Years Old 1982 Cask #DL 7662 (Douglas Laing)

The Old Malt Cask

700ml / 50%

Single Malt

$1124

A St. Magdalene single malt, a 29 year old, from 1982 chosen by Douglas Laing, at 50%. Oily and waxy, showing sharp white fruit, grass and a waxy honey. Clean, waxy and grassy. One of the Lowlands’ great ghost whiskies. A cult Lowland ghost whisky. Grass, wax and white fruit. Rare, individual and finite. From Linlithgow, west of Edinburgh.

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SKU STM007 Categories Lowlands, Scottish Whisky, St. Magdalene, Whiskey Brand: St. Magdalene

Description

A St. Magdalene single malt, selected and bottled by Douglas Laing, aged 29 year old from 1982, drawn from cask DL 7662 and bottled at 50%. A release of 288 bottles. Founded around 1753 by Sebastian Henderson between the canal and the railway, St. Magdalene was silenced in 1983. There were no official bottlings in its lifetime; fame came with Diageo's Rare Malts.

The spirit was run through the distillery's five stills, two wash and three spirit, to build an oily, individual make that blurs Lowland and Highland lines. It was matured in refill ex-Bourbon oak, the classic wood for these casks. Past twenty five years the spirit turns honeyed and tropical while keeping its edge. Long maturation turns the grassy new make towards honey and soft tropical fruit. It was one of the five founding distilleries of Scottish Malt Distillers in 1914. Closed in the great cull of 1983, it never reopened, the buildings becoming flats.

At cask strength 50% it is muscular. Oily apple, gooseberry and a mineral note sit alongside soft vanilla and honey from the cask. A green apple and a herbal note lift it. It finishes clean, oily and individual. This is spirit from the lost years of St Magdalene, finite for good.

Additional information

Weight

1.6 kg