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A St. Magdalene single malt, a 25 year old, from 1965 chosen by Gordon & MacPhail, at 40%. Oily and waxy, showing sharp white fruit, grass and a waxy honey. Grass and white fruit in balance. A vanishing dram from Linlithgow’s silent distillery. A distinctive, oily Lowland malt. Waxy, grassy and individual. From a lost Lowland distillery.
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Gordon & MacPhail bottled this St. Magdalene single malt, a 25 year old Lowland malt from 1965 and bottled at 40%. St. Magdalene, also bottled as Linlithgow, was founded around 1753 by Sebastian Henderson between the canal and the railway and silenced in 1983. Run by the Dawson family through the 19th century, it passed to DCL in 1912.
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. Long ageing brings an oily depth, tropical fruit and a mellow, waxy character. Long, cool Lowland maturation lets the oily spirit take oak slowly over many years. Closed in the great cull of 1983, it never reopened, the buildings becoming flats. The pagoda topped malt barn survives as a listed building above the new apartments.
At an approachable 40% it is elegant and balanced. A waxy, herbal depth with orchard fruit meet soft vanilla and honey from the cask. Soft citrus and orchard fruit sit behind the sweetness. A waxy, white fruit finish lingers long. This is a revered Lowland malt from a distillery silent since 1983.
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