SCAPA - SINGLE MALT - IB - GORDON & MACPHAIL (G&M) "SHIP LABEL"

SCAPA - SINGLE MALT - IB - GORDON & MACPHAIL (G&M) "SHIP LABEL"

This expression is famous among high-end collectors for its structural association with premier Italian distributors like Sestante (Ernesto Mainardi) and Pini. It encapsulates mid-century, unpeated Orkney distillate long before the modern era smoothed out the distillery's maritime edge.

It opens with an unmistakable old-school atmospheric dustiness, paraffin wax, and furniture polish. As it breathes, it reveals the quintessential 1960s Orkney profile: salted heather honey, underripe yellow peaches, dried orange peel, wet sea stones, and a faint hint of diesel oil or wool grease.