17 Year Old Whisky

Another fantastic invention from the workbench of Balvenie Malt Master David Stewart - a 17 year old version of the best selling DoubleWood. Still initially matured in 'Whisky Oak' casks before being switched to sherry wood to finish, the extra years give it extra depth without being overpowering.

A fantastic Japanese blend, made with aged malt and grain whiskies from Suntory's three distilleries. Spicy and sophisticated, this is great for catching people out at blind tastings and received a Gold 'Editor's Choice' award from Whisky Magazine & top prize in its category at the World Whisky Awards.
World Whiskies Awards 2012 - Best Japanese Blend 13 to 20 years

Glengoyne 17yo is a smooth, sophisticated medium-bodied unpeated malt with delicate flavours. A very good match for a mild or medium cigar.

Port Askaig is terrific Islay single malt bottled by our sister company Speciality Drinks. This 17 year-old has a sumptuous balance of smoke, citrus and sweetness - dangerously more-ish for the Islay fans among us.

The 2010 release of Balvenie 17yo is a bit of a curio, having been re-racked after inital normal maturation into casks that previously held...a peated Balvenie?! So this is a peated finish rather than a peated whisky. The smoke is there, but not as full-frontal as you'd get if the spirit itself was peated. A very interesting experiment, and we await the peated Balvenie that previously graced the casks with eager interest.

Another winner from Nikka's Taketsuru range. This was named for the founder of the company, Masataka Taketsuru and is a big, bold full-bodied vatted whisky of truly exceptional depth, grace and balance.
World Whiskies Awards 2012 - Best Blended Malt Whisky

A 17 year old Laphroaig bottled by The Whisky Agency as part of their 'Fights' series (the beautiful label features a tiger catching the tail feathers of a peacock). Distilled in 1995, matured in an ex-bourbon barrel and bottled in 2012.

For many people, this is the best standard bottling Bowmore, with a well-rounded palate, great complexity, and citrus, chocolate and brine mingling with the peat.

Matured for over 17 years the nose is richly fragrant with a hint of sherry. Smooth yet full-bodied with cereal, nut and gently honeyed characters.

A 17 year old whisky from Tamnavulin, bottled by Signatory from a single pale oloroso butt at cask strength. It was distilled on November 3rd 1978 and bottled on September 23rd 1996.

Macallan 17yo Fine Oak was introduced in the US market in 2006 and, like the rest of the Fine Oak range, this has been matured in a mix of sherry and bourbon casks to showcase a lighter style from the famously rich, opulent sherried norm.

An old bottling of Ballantine's 17 year old. We estimate that this was bottled sometime in the 1980s.

A 1990 vintage Caol Ila, as selected by Lorne Mackillop for his Mackillop's Choice range. Matured in a sherry cask and bottled after 17 years in 2007.

Released to celebrate the distillery's centenary, this 17yo Benromach spent its final two years in sherry casks dating from 1886, 1895 and 1901 before bottling in 1998 by Gordon & Macphail, who had recently taken over and re-invigorated the distillery after a fifteen year distilling hiatus.

A special bottling of 1990 vintage Springbank, selected for the Springbank Society. This whisky has been matured in a refill Port Hogshead for a full 17 years and was bottled at cask strength.

A rare Teaninich 17 year old selected by the Diageo distillery managers for staff only. Please note that the bottle numbers have been removed from the labels on some of these bottles.

A 1979 vintage whisky from the Dufftown distillery, bottled by Murray McDavid. This is a rather classic bottling from the often experimental indie, distilled in December 1979, matured for 17 years in a refill sherry cask and the bottled in August 1997.

An rather special release of Ballantine's 17 year old whisky. This has been produced in a special ceramic decanter to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Ballantine's 17 year old blend.

A rare old bottle of Bruichladdich 17yo bottled by little-seen Scottish independent bottler Duthies.

A 1976 vintage Scotch Malt Whisky Society single cask bottling of whisky from Dalmore. Distilled in March of '76 and bottled 17 years later in August 1993.