Machrie Moor Cask Strength - Second Edition

Overall rating: 84.98/100
votes: 116

Category: Single Malt
Distillery: Arran
Bottler: Distillery Bottling
Bottling serie: The Peated Arran Malt
Bottled: 2015
Number of bottles: 9000
Strength: 58.2 % Vol.
Size: 700 ml
Bottle code: L 09 09 15
Barcode: 5060044482793
Added on: 23 Sep 2015 3:19 pm by JSW

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€ 80,42

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Whisky Reviews for Machrie Moor Cask Strength - Second Edition

24 users have left a review for this whisky and scored it an average of 84.98 points

Andytka3 scored this whisky 84 points
08 Jul 2019 4:00 am
N- Walnut oil, oyster, toffee and honeycomb cake breeze thru. Fresh cut grass, earthy peat with sweet pandan crème brûlée and berries. Surprisingly light on nose despite the hefty strength. Get even coast-ier, seaweed, salted herbs, shellfish and clove-y. (88/22)

P- Sweet on tip, plenty of smokes rises from the back. Vanilla biscuit, cedar cigar box, sooty, grassy and liquorice with brunt salt. Hint of caol ila. (87/21)

F- Medium-long, smooth, clean and dry with liquorice. Not pushing the boundary hard enough. (86/20)

B/B- 87/21. Feel rounder than First Edition, which lost a bit of fun and appeared 'generic'.

Cr- 2, Fr- 2, Fl- 1, Pt- 2, Ft- 1, Sp- 0, Wd-1, Wn-1, Sc-2

Weighted Rate- 84pt
— at The Whisky Bar, Kuala Lumpur.

Nose

N- Walnut oil, oyster, toffee and honeycomb cake breeze thru. Fresh cut grass, earthy peat with sweet pandan crème brûlée and berries. Surprisingly light on nose despite the hefty strength. Get even coast-ier, seaweed, salted herbs, shellfish and clove-y. (88/22)

Taste

P- Sweet on tip, plenty of smokes rises from the back. Vanilla biscuit, cedar cigar box, sooty, grassy and liquorice with brunt salt. Hint of caol ila. (87/21)

Finish

F- Medium-long, smooth, clean and dry with liquorice. Not pushing the boundary hard enough. (86/20)

B/B- 87/21. Feel rounder than First Edition, which lost a bit of fun and appeared 'generic'.

Cr- 2, Fr- 2, Fl- 1, Pt- 2, Ft- 1, Sp- 0, Wd-1, Wn-1, Sc-2

Weighted Rate- 84pt
— at The Whisky Bar, Kuala Lumpur.
rolabob scored this whisky 85 points
13 Feb 2019 8:42 pm
Nose

84 84

Taste

85 85

Finish

85 85
Whiskywobbler scored this whisky 85 points
08 Oct 2018 11:29 pm
I decent peated whisky, although it does miss some distinct character to make it stand apart from let’s say, lightly peated whisky from Islay. The Arran character is there, but it is almost pushed away by the bourbon cask influence. What’s left is good, but not great (yet). Remains interesting, though.

Nose

85 85

Initially, soft peat come forward that is backed up by Arran’s usual fruitiness with fresh apples and pears. A few drops of citrus fruits, and a light coastal influence with some sea spray and wet moss, are also there. All very well balanced and very friendly. Raspberry sweets, no make that strawberry, lemon skin, and a few drops of orange juice. A drop of water brings out more barley sugar, ripe apples, a few raisins, cinnamon, and a more mineral side. The citrus fruits remind me somewhat of Caol Ila, which is surely not a bad thing I would say.

Taste

86 86

The palate is less fruity at first and contain more peat, moss, leaves, and stables (no idea how you could taste that, though). Almost a lighter and younger apprentice of Lagavulin. Almost instantly, the bourbon cask influence comes forward. Oranges, lemons, lime, and vanilla, with fresh apple compote, the latter a touch of Arran. Water subdues the peat and brings out more sweetness. Also there are some vanilla sugar, baker’s cream, and salty crisps. It is quite fresh.

Finish

85 85

The finish is fairly long with more vegetal peat, salt and lemons. I would say this is quite good.
Calmar scored this whisky 85 points
17 Aug 2018 7:10 am
Quite like a peaty mole, dense, saturated, plastic notes a little spoil the picture, and in general I do not understand the peat Arran, an absolutely artificial and senseless whisky.

Nose

Restrained, dry, the first nose - prela folia, peat; smoke, burnt boards, smoked products, carpentry shop, thinner, leather goods, weak flower-fruit notes.

Taste

Powerful, rich, peat, ash, mineral-metallic notes, grain, lemon peel, plastic, rubber, ginger, sweet confectionery shades.

Finish

Spicy, warming, peat, coal, ginger, oak, light herbal notes, tablet bitterness.
larswehmeier scored this whisky 83 points
15 Mar 2018 8:44 pm
Nose

A clear plume of smoke hangs over the dram. Behind it shows a clear sugary sweetness. It tingles in the nose due to the higher alcohol content. The dram gets fresher and floral over time.

Taste

Strong start. Pleasant smoke. Light fruitiness. Citrus freshness.

Finish

Medium long and warming with some oak.
Dre73 scored this whisky 85 points
20 Jan 2018 10:42 pm
- Nose
  
  85 85
- Taste
  
  86 86
- Finish
  
  85 85
Dre73 scored this whisky 85 points
20 Jan 2018 10:42 pm
Solid, not too heavy peat.

Nose

Slightly peat, strong alcohol, ash. Also fruity, citrus, banana. Sweet, sweet, vanilla.

Taste

Stinging, peppery. Licorice. Full, some peat, smoke. Honey too.

Finish

Pepper, licorice, peat, smoke, sweet. Sturdy. Reasonably long
robain scored this whisky 85 points
24 Dec 2017 12:05 pm
- Nose
  
  85 85
- Taste
  
  85 85
- Finish
  
  83 83
MadScientist scored this whisky 87 points
17 Sep 2017 8:30 pm
- Nose
  
  88 88
- Taste
  
  86 86
- Finish
  
  88 88
ctu scored this whisky 85 points
17 May 2017 8:28 am
Quite sweet malt with moderate peat and smoke.

Nose

Sweet peat, sour citruses, banana and fig,
earth and camphor

Taste

Solid peat and smoke, punch and banana

Finish

Long with orange

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