Macduff (Banff) Moon Import Paris Collection (D.1992, B.2004) /46%/ 0.7l
- Moon Import founded in Genoa in 1980 specialized in high-end spirits and wines. The company also operated as independent whisky bottler and their selection was in par with that of late Silvano Samaroli († 2017).
Product description
Moon Import was founded in 1980 in Genoa and quickly became famous as an importer and distributor of high-quality wines and spirits.
It also had its own line of whiskies, rated as highly as the selection of the legendary Silvano Samaroli († 2017). Surprisingly, in 2015 Pepi Mongiardino, the owner of the company, issued a statement that "after 35 years Moon Import is ceasing operations". The Macduff presented here was distilled in 1992, a year before the takeover of the plant by Bacardi Ltd, and bottled in 2004 as part of the Paris Collection in an edition of 800 bottles. The whiskies included in the "Paris Collection" were aged in refill casks "to faithfully reflect the profile of the distillate itself".
Nose : quite spicy and slightly peaty, white pepper, ginger, vanilla, cinnamon, apples, pears, walnuts, notes of hay and dry flowers and a trace of oak.
Taste: white pepper, lemongrass, a hint of mint and licorice, salted nuts, honey, vanilla, baked apples and a light bitterness of oak.
Finish: medium long, with notes of pepper, cinnamon, hay, vanilla, licorice and oak.