Benriach
Moray producer of fruit-forward malt.
Murdoch's Perfection Profile
Blended Scotch Whisky
Murdoch’s Perfection was a widely exported blended Scotch whisky produced by Duncan Murdoch & Co., a subsidiary of Glasgow blender and bottler Campbell & Clark, during the late 20th century.
During its brief life it was bottled as a 12-, 15-,17 and 20-year-old at 40% and 43% abv.
Murdoch's Perfection History
Douglas Murdoch & Co. was established in 1970 as a subsidiary of Glasgow blender Campbell & Clark Ltd, its name used to market a series of independent bottlings alongside the Duncan’s Reserve and Murdoch’s Perfection brands.
Campbell & Clark itself had been formed in 1934 as a subsidiary of distiller Train & McIntyre Ltd., which later owned the Glenury Royal, Fettercairn and Benromach distilleries. Campbell & Clark was sold to George Christie’s Speyside Distillery Company in 1960, which was part-backed by Sazerac Co. Inc of New Orleans.
During the 1980s Murdoch’s Perfection had become widely distributed overseas, but although being bought out by Christie in 1989, Campbell & Clark became a dormant company by the mid-1990s.
In 2000 the Speyside Distillery Company was sold to a private investment group, and Campbell & Clark and its subsidiaries were dissolved 10 years later.
Timeline
- 1934 Campbell & Clark created by distiller Train & McIntyre
- 1970 Douglas Murdoch & Co. is established as a subsidiary of Campbell & Clark Ltd
- 1996 Campbell & Clark becomes a dormant holding of Speyside Distillers and Murdoch’s Perfection is withdrawn
- 2010 Douglas Murdoch & Co., along with Campbell & Clark, is dissolved
Owners
See also
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Distillery & brand
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Distiller
North of Scotland Distillery Co
Once operator of the North of Scotland grain distillery in Cambus.
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Brand
Towiemore
Blended malt created to closely mirror the style of one of Speyside’s lost distilleries.