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27th August 2025 |
Review of the
Master of Malt A Secret Speyside
Distillery 10 Year Old.
 Specialist
whisky retailer Master of Malt who this
year marks 40 years of keeping our
whisky glasses topped up recently
reimagined their independent whisky
bottling's, launching their new look
range not only here in the UK but it
will now be available through
distributors across Europe, Middle East,
India, Africa, Asia-Pacific and North
America, the range marks a major step in
Master of Malt’s global presence.
The updated range features refined
branding and clearer tiering, from
everyday standouts to rare discoveries.
Highlights include a forthcoming
40-year-old Girvan grain
whisky—described by the MoM team as
"absolute nectar"—as well as a
29-year-old Tobermory (RRP £199.95), a
16-year-old Dailuaine (£69.95), and a
selection of secret
Speyside
and
Highland single casks starting at
£34.95. True to Master of Malt’s
philosophy, all releases are
non-chill-filtered, free of added
colouring, and offer whisky drinkers great value.
It is the Master of Malt A Secret
Speyside Distillery 10 Year Old which I
am focusing on here, as its name
suggests they haven't revealed the name
of the distillery in Speyside where the
whisky was distilled. What they do tell
us is that it is a marriage of casks,
although they don't say what type of
casks or how many, between them they
have produced 1,179 bottles, all bottled
at 40% ABV, non-chill-filtered and
naturally coloured.
William
Morrison's
Tasting Notes:
Nose: An
inviting nose with fresh pear and crisp
green apple leading the way, wrapped in
a gentle creamy vanilla sweetness, with
subtle hints of coconut and a soft touch
of oak. Distant floral notes.
Taste: Silky
smooth, with bright orchard fruits—pear
and apple—at the forefront, joined by a
hint of pineapple and a lift of zesty
lemon. A dusting of vanilla icing sugar
rounds the edges, while coconut and
delicate oak spice emerge gracefully in
the background.
Finish: Longish,
the orchard fruits gently fade,
revealing a fleeting note of sugared
almonds. Vanilla softens into a light
honeyed character, before gentle oak
steps forward with a whisper of drying,
peppery spice to close.
Comment:
The pear supported by the apple and
vanilla are the stars of this show
supported by the oak. I would guess an
ex-Bourbon cask matured, Speyside single
malt whisky, and if someone told me that
this was distilled at the Glenlivet
distillery I would not be surprised, but
of course we will never know, but I can
tell you for its current price of £34.95
it is a easy drinking enjoyable classic
Speyside dram.
SMW Whisky Score
86/100
You will of course find the Master of
Malt A Secret Speyside Distillery 10
Year Old available from
Master of Malt
but also look out for it in other specialist
online whisky shops as MoM rolls out
their own independent whisky bottling's
to other specialist whisky retailers.
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