40 Year Old Whisky

A 1974 vintage whisky bottled under the Craigduff label. The spirit was produced at Strathisla distillery and was peated, unlike their regular releases, hence the alternative name. There's not much of it around, but Signatory have yet again dug up a cask - distilled on April 4th 1973, matured for 40 years (to the day) in a refill butt and bottled on April 4th 2013 at cask strength.

A remarkably well-priced 40yo from Glenfarclas range; simply-packaged just like the distillery's standard bottlings, and bottled at a perfect drinking strength of 46%. A 40yo sherried Speyside designed for drinking rather than sitting on a mantlepiece or in a display cabinet - bravo. Awarded a very well-merited Gold Medal at the Malt Maniacs Awards 2010.

A rare 40 year old single grain whisky from North British, bottled by the distillery at cask strength.

Produced to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Hankey Bannister company, this 40yo went on to scoop the title of Best Blended Whisky in the World at the World Whiskies Awards. A true one-off, containing whisky from long-extinct distilleries including Glen Flagler, Killyloch and Garnheath.
IWSC - Gold Medal (Best in Class)

A beautiful 40 year old vintage Glen Garioch, bottled by the folks at Morrison Bowmore for The Whisky Exchange and released at The Whisky Show in 2011. 1971 Glen Garioch is known for being more peaty than usual, and this delicate, restrained old school dram has a lovely thread of smoke, plus tropical fruit and medicine cabinet aromas. Fabulous.

A second release of Tomatin 40yo, this is from the 1967 vintage. Bottled from a single refill butt for the German market, this looks like another winner.

For this very special Tomatin, distillery manager Douglas Campbell has selected seven of the best ex-bourbon hogsheads distilled in 1967. Rich, fruity, creamy and complex.
This is limited to ONE BOTTLE PER CUSTOMER

A special bottling from the Scott's Selection series. This 1965 vintage Glenfarclas has been matured for 40 years and was bottled in 2005.

A belated entry in Diageo's 2011 Special Releases selection, hitting the market in early 2012. Closed in 1985 and since demolished, whisky from the distillery is sought after by collectors and drinkers alike due to the comparatively small number of bottlings available.

An interesting whisky from Gordon & Macphail, bottled for a special reason - commemorating MD David Urquart's 40 years of service on his retirement in late 2012. The whisky is a 1972 vintage Tomintoul, bottled at 40 years old, and was a big hit at The Whisky Show in 2012.

A long-aged cask strength Springbank 1969 bottled from a single refill sherry butt by Signatory as part of the Cask Strength Collection. Lovely natural colour on this, not too dark, so there should be plenty of distillery character remaining.

An ambitious 40yo for the relaunched Fettercairn single malt, just 463 bottles of this have been produced. Aged in Apostoles palo cortado sherry casks, the 1969 'offers thick chunky orange rind, cinnamon and spice...crushed almonds, ginger and bitter chocolate'.

A really incredible Glenfarclas - a forty-year old expression of cask-strength cult favourite 105, bottled late in 2008 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the appearance of the 105 expression. It's astonishing that they managed to maintain the 60% abv over forty years in sherry casks - this will be an epic dram.

An outstanding Highland Park, bottled at a remarkable 40 years old. They've done a good job on the presentation, too - extremely heavy box with proper hinges and magnetic closure, with a leather-bound booklet inside extolling the virtues of distillery and dram.

'WORLD'S BEST NEW RELEASE - World Whiskies Awards 2009'

A real treat here - a cask-strength 40yo Springbank 1968 bottled for the Chieftain's range from a single Oloroso sherry butt. This is a phenomenal whisky - hats off to Ian Macleod for digging this up.

A very special distillery-bottled Springbank 40yo released as part of the Millennium Set in 1999.

Very handsomely-presented ancient Auchentoshan. This is from a bourbon cask and is limited to just 200 bottles.