1973 Vintage Whisky

An independent single cask release of whisky from this short lived and now closed grain distillery, bottled at cask strength in late 2010.

A 28 year old bottling of Macduff by Direct Wines as part of their First Cask series. Distillery bottlings of their whisky go by the name of Glen Deveron.

A 1973 whisky from hidden Highland gem Teaninich, bottled by the discerning folks at Berry Brothers and Rudd. It's a marriage of two casks bottled at a full proof of 41.8%.

A 38 year old from Macduff, the distillery whose whisky is usually known as as Glen Deveron, bottled by the Daily Dram in 2011.

A long-aged single cask of 1973 Dailuaine, bottled at full strength by Berry Bros at the grand old age of 37 years old. Described as having a delicately perfumed nose with a drift of smoke, with a silky smooth delivery of rich ripe exotic fruit on the palate.

A long-aged Bunnahabhain selected by no less than Jim McEwan for the Celtic Heartlands series. At a mouth-watering 46.1%, this shoudl be very drinkable.

A 38 year old Craigduff, an experimental peaty whisky distilled at Strathisla (although confusion has reigned in the past over whether it actually came from Glen Keith) for a short while and occasionally released by independents. This was matured in a refill sherry butt and bottled at a cask strength of 43%.

At 29 years old, this is by some distance the oldest official bottling of Cragganmore that has ever come to the market. A long-time favourite here at TWE, this is also the top-ranked Cragganmore on Serge Valentin's Whiskyfun.

An exceptionally complex 27yo Glenrothes from the 1973 vintage, bottled in July 2000. Rich and deep, with hints of orange peel.

A special bottling of Balblair from the 1973 vintage, released by Gordon & Macphail in 1995 as part of the celebrations for their centenary.