35 Year Old Whisky

A full-on first-fill sherried Glenallachie bursting with spices and fruitcake but balanced with soft leather, tobacco and mocha notes, meaning it never goes over the top into cloying sweetness. Sherryheads will go weak at the knees for this one, which recently topped the overall list on whisky-distilleries.info's tasting sessions, where it earned a top score of 93 points.

A long-aged 1976 vintage from the very seldom-seen Glentauchers distillery, this was bottled from a single bourbon hogshead that yielded just 150 bottles. Glentauchers keeps less than 1% of its spirit back for bottling as single malt, with the rest going into owner Pernod Ricard's blends, particularly Ballantine's.

A 35 year old single cask whisky from the Isle of Jura, distilled in 1976 and bottled in 2012 by Berry Brothers & Rudd. This one comes from cask 888, so we suspect this may be snapped up by fans of lucky numbers...

A sister cask to Berry Bros's lucky numbered #888 single cask bottling released at the same time as this, distilled in 1976 and bottled in 2012 at 35 years old.

A 1977 vintage Glen Scotia bottled by Signatory for French whisky retailer La Maison du Whisky. We've managed to grab a few bottles of this distinctively purple labelled bottle, which was distilled on September 5th 1977 and bottled shortly after its 35th birthday on September 17th 2012.
This is limited to ONE BOTTLE PER CUSTOMER.

A fantastic release from An Cnoc, the oldest bottling in their regular range at 35 years old. A combination of a small number of bourbon and sherry casks to produce a balanced, sweet and fruity dram.

This whisky was distilled in 1976 and has spent 35 long years aging in an oak butt. This limited release is bottled at cask strength and is said to taste of "Lashings of raisins and sultanas, dancing with spices, pineapples and cedar wood".

A peated release of Benriach whisky. Distilled in 1976 and aged for 35 years in a Hogshead. Benriach describe the whisky as having "Mellow peat smoke with a barley and leather front".

A 1976 Benriach which has been aged for 35 years including finishing in a Pedro Ximenez barrel. Expect some fruity notes from this one, it's colour indicates more than a hint of sherry influence.

A lovely old 1970s bottle of 35yo Glen Grant bottled by Gordon & Macphail.

A very old Strathisla bottled in 1986 to celebrate the distillery's 200th anniversary. This Bicentenary bottling was only given to staff and certain VIPs attending the celebrations.

This cask was matured full-term in a Sandeman cream sherry butt and remains the finest expression from this distillery we have tried. Hugely impressive stuff, with complex fruitcake, leather and cognac-esque rancio characters, with a delicious sherried sweetness.

A release of 35 year old Bruichladdich by Douglas Laing as part of their Old Malt Cask range. This was distilled in 1966, a few years after the distillery stopped malting its own barley and switched to buying it in from Port Ellen, and bottled just in time at a cask strength of 40.5%.

An old 1965 vintage whisky from Glen Mhor distillery. The Glen Mhor distillery was closed in 1983, approximately half way through this whisky's maturation. Bottled in 2001 at a grand 35 years old, this whisky has been released as one of Signatory's Silent Stills bottlings.

Released at its natural cask strength of 43.4% by independent bottler Scotia Royale, this handsomely-presented 35yo Laphroaig 1976 was distilled in the glory days and is one of the oldest 'Froygs we've encountered in quite some time.

Released at its natural cask strength of 43.4% by independent bottler Scotia Royale, this handsomely-presented 35yo Laphroaig 1976 was distilled in the glory days and is one of the oldest 'Froygs we've encountered in quite some time.

An incredible 35 year old Port Ellen from Douglas Laing, released as part of their Old & Rare Platinum Selection. One of the oldest, if not the actual oldest, Port Ellens they've ever released, distilled in August 1977 and bottled in September 2012.

A 1971 vintage Bunnahabhain bottled in 2006 by the distillery as part of the celebrations of the 125th year since their founding. A limited release packaged with a an anniversary glass.