1974 Vintage Whisky

A special limited edition Glenfiddich single cask bottled at full strength in 2003 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's Coronation.

A rare old bottle of Ardbeg 1974 vatted from a pair of casks bottled by Signatory on August 8th 1997. Highly rated by the Malt Maniacs with an average score of 90 points.

An old cask-strength Ardbeg 1974 bottled from a single cask for the Italian market in 2004.

A single cask release of Ardbeg 1974 for the UK market, this time a mere 141 bottles from a bourbon cask. We are told there are very few old casks left at Ardbeg for this kind of bottling, so this may be one of the last released on these shores.

A single cask release of Ardbeg 1974 for the UK market, this time a mere 132 bottles from a bourbon cask. We are told there are very few old casks left at Ardbeg for this kind of bottling, so this may be one of the last released on these shores.

A cask-strength release of Ardbeg 1974 for the UK market, bottled in 2006 from a single bourbon cask. We are told there are very few old casks left at Ardbeg for this kind of bottling, so this may be one of the last released on these shores.

A legendary Ardbeg, the 1974 Provenance appeared in 1997 shortly after Glenmorangie's takeover of the distillery. This version of Provenance was for the European market, other bottlings were done for the USA and Asia.

A cask-strength Ardbeg 1974 bottled from a single cask for Oddbins in 2002. Just 126 bottles of this were released.

An old cask-strength Ardbeg 1974 bottled from a single bourbon cask for the French market in 2005.

An old cask-strength Ardbeg 1974 bottled from a single bourbon cask for the Italian market in 2006.

Samaroli is an Italian independent bottler, famed for the exceptional quality of their releases and for their arty, innovative labels and packaging. This is a legendary young Ardbeg matured in sherry casks and bottled at full strength in the early 1980s.

A quite legendary sherried Longrow from the batch of stunning casks secured by the far-sighted Italian firm Samaroli long before cask-strength bottlings were de rigeur. This was one of the earliest Longrows, distilled just a year after production started at Springbank in 1973.

An 18 year old Longrow, the smokier of the drams produced by Springbank, bottled by Cadenhead's. Both Sprinbank and Cadenhead's have been owned by the same company since the 1970s, making this an intriguing bottle.

A 16 year old whisky from Longrow, distilled in 1974 and matured entirely in sherry casks.

An old cask-strength Ardbeg 1974 bottled from a single bourbon cask for the French market in 2006.

A sherry cask matured 16 year old Longrow from 1974, closed with a cork stopper.

A single cask release of Ardbeg 1974 for the UK market, this time a mere 93 bottles from a bourbon cask. We are told there are very few old casks left at Ardbeg for this kind of bottling, so this may be one of the last released on these shores.

An old cask-strength Ardbeg 1974 bottled from a single bourbon cask for the Belgian market in 2006.

A truly legendary Laphroaig from the 1974 vintage, this heavily-sherried 31 year old was a limited edition of around 900 bottles produced for a French retailer and scored a whopping 95 points from Serge Valentin on Whiskyfun before capping that with a Gold Medal and the Non Plus Ultra award for the highest scoring whisky out of all the entries at the Malt Maniacs Awards 2005. An acknowledged masterpiece.