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[40.5%・Bottled in 2001・50 Years Old・Official Bottling・Limited Release of 580 Bottles] Nose: It is hard to believe how clean the nose fares for its age, crisp pears and mangoes, lightly floral with a nice brush of malt and just a hint of grilled vegetables. Palate & Finish: Succulent with dried fruits, the delivery is on the…

[43.0%・Bottled Circa 1970s・21 Years Old・Official Bottling Imported by Maison Du Whisky・Limited Release] Nose: Old school pear sweets with a mellow grassy note. Subtle sense of malt with a brush of sea salt. Seaweed and herbs surfacing in time and opened up to minerals, red cherry and orange slices. Palate & Finish: A clean grassy delivery,…

[46.0%・NAS・Bottled Circa 1980s・ Official Bottling・Limited Release] Nose: Pretty much the crème de la crème of creamy Sherry, a Christmas jazz carol if you will pardon my pun. Palate & Finish: Bold and substantial mouthfeel of dark fruits, the acidity is rather prominent and seasoned with cinnamon with a sticky viscosity to the dram. A prolonged…

[43.0%・N/A・Bottled Circa Late 1960s – Early 1970s・ Official Bottling・Limited Release] Nose: Pickled pears, light honey from the grassy spirit. Linseed and chimichurri but also some overripe bananas and peaches, and a mildly floral afterthought. Palate & Finish: A tad on the dry side with the malt doing most of the talking, with some dates and…

[46.0%・21 Years Old・Bottled Circa 1990s・ Official Bottling・Limited Release] Nose: Aged elegance of crystallised sherry sugar, sultana and dried leather. Palate & Finish: A marvellous mouthfeel of old school Sherry-led umami, sweet raisins balanced with a perfect acidity from the figs as the dark chocolate conveys a seductive bitterness. Dried leather with more dark chocolate in…

[46.0%・32 Years Old・Distilled in 1971・Bottled in 2004・ Official Bottling・Limited Release of 2,400 Bottles] Nose: Immaculate malt, creamed honey with all that beeswax just being extremely attractive with complementary notes of soft sandalwood, breakfast cereal and hints of ginger flowers and chalk. Palate & Finish: Lemon jam and passion fruit syrup atop this chewy cereal base,…

[57.0%・10 Years Old・Bottled Circa Late 1970s・Official Bottling・Limited Release] Nose: Masculine and full of pineapples, honey, vanilla nougat, mango cubes and a festive tropical vibe in general. Ginger flowers and fresh grassiness give a refreshing touch amidst the sweetness as the malt fares full and hearty as expected. Palate & Finish: A magnificent burst of rewarding…

[46.0%・30 Years Old・Lombard Bottling・ Limited Release] Nose: Feels dated but carries the surprisingly endearing notes of wood and mothballs, with soft fruits, pepper and other dried spices. The malt feels a bit green as well. Palate & Finish: The dram is really driven by soft fruits, banana jam with some other fruity enzymes followed by…

[70 Proof・Bottled Circa 1960s・12 Years Old・Robert Watson Bottling・Limited Release] Nose: Grassy with this certain attractive antique style white fruit note. Some burnt toast follows as well as leather and tobacco, some jasmine too before it turns somewhat savoury with grilled capsicum to go with a perfume-y undertone. Palate & Finish: Smooth white fruits along with…

[54.1%・Distilled in 1997・Bottled in 2018・21 Years Old・Official Bottling for Malt House Islay・Cask No. 118・Single Cask Release] Nose: A proper showing of meaty Sherried Springbank but at the same time it gets evened out by some vibrant light fruits. Quite leathery and malty with some fainter fragrance hanging on, followed by a clean wave of ripe…