15 Year Old Whisky

Caol Ila's entry in the Flora & Fauna range - a 15 year old expression. Discontinued in 1982 and replaced by the distilleries own range of whiskies.

A 1983 whisky from Convalmore, aged for 15 years and bottled by Ian Macleod for the Chieftain's Choice range..

A single cask of Inchgower 1993, bottled in 2009 from European Sherry Oak by owners Diageo for the Managers' Choice series. Amazing colour on this.

An old Sherry Cask 15 year old Whisky from Glenlivet. This has been bottled at 80 proof for Gordon & Macphail. We estimate that this item is from sometime in the 1970s.

A 1978 vintage whisky from closed Glen Albyn, formerly situated along side the canal in Inverness and unfortunately now replaced by a closed branch of B&Q. This was distilled in March of that year and bottled 15 years later in August 1993 by The Scotch Malt Whisky Society.

Not often we see one of these nowadays - a first edition of the Caol Ila Flora & Fauna bottling, complete with wooden box.

A 1970 vintage Tomatin from Gordon & Macphail's Connoisseurs Choice range. This was bottled in the mid-1980s after 15 years of maturation, and has their lovely old brown label.

A rather rare Glenmorangie 1989, bottled in 2005 just a fortnight shy of its sixteenth birthday. This has been fully matured - not finished - in a tawny port cask, imparting a deep, rich colour and plenty of flavour.

A bottling of 15 year old Sprinbank released by the distillery, probably around the early 1990s. This simply-packaged classic is increasingly difficult to find.

A superbly naff 1980s bottling of a litre of Glengoyne 15yo inside a kiln-shaped decanter, complete with pagoda-shaped stopper.

An old Connoisseurs Choice Port Ellen 1980, bottled by Gordon & Macphail in the mid 1990s. These are becoming increasingly rare.

A high strength Glen Grant 15yo bottled by Gordon & Macphail sometime in the 1970s.

A 1980s bottling of Balblair 15 Year Old with the distillery pictured on the label.

A special edition 15 year old Caol Ila - packaged in a 22 carat gold plated ceramic jug.

A 15 year old distillery release of Bruichladdich in honour of their 100th birthday in 1981 and packaged in a decanter.

A rare old Bowmore bottled for Carato at 15 years old by Italian company Sestante Imports.

Lagavulin is probably Diageo's most highly-rated distillery, with its muscular peaty presence and flashes of honey sending most of the cognoscenti into a swoon. This 15yo from 1993 is probably the most eagerly-awaited of the Managers Choice series, particularly as it's one of only a handful of sherried single cask Lagavulins ever released.

A fantastic dram by the SMWS from distillery 67, Banff -closed, partly demolished and since destroyed by fire. Distilled in February 1977, matured for about 15 years and bottled in March 1992.