The unbelievable value offered by Gordon & Macphail's Speymalt line is unprecedented. Only hundreds of years of doing business with Scotland's finest distillers allows this wonderful family-owned operation to part with such dear casks at under-market prices. Indeed, these casks are filled specifically for Gordon & Macphail and filled into the highest quality sherry barrels, in this case a first-fill sherry hogshead, with distillate made on June 2, 2003. The whisky slowly aged at the G&M warehouses in Elgin before being bottled without chillfiltration or coloring of any kind at a natural cask strength of 57.5% ABV. Its color is a robust dark amber and the bottler describes its flavor as "fragrant stewed fruit aromas with citrus peel. The palate is spicy with dark chocolate, fig and brown sugar flavors. The finish lingers with summer berries and charred oak." A similar cask of equal or lesser quality easily retails for up to five times what Gordon & Macphail is asking for this exceptional whisky. We are simply a conduit for their incredible generosity, and celebrate their time-honored tradition of bottling the highest quality authentic single malts at natural cask strength. No one else in the industry has stocks like Gordon & Macphail.