A 1990 vintage Bladnoch from veteran indie bottler Berry Brothers & Rudd, the oldest family owned spirits and wine merchant in the world. This was distilled a few years before the then owners United Distillers mothballed the distillery and a decade before its more recent rebirth.
We're lucky to have reclaimed this excellent Longmorn for The Single Malts of Scotland series - it was originally bottled in 2009 for an overseas market, but was shelved at the last minute. A nutty, appley Longmorn with a generous dollop of clove and cinnamon spices.
A bottling of 1990 vintage Macduff by Douglas Laing for their Old Malt Cask range. Matured in a refill hogshead for 21 years before bottling in early 2011.
A 1990 vintage Macallan bottled by Speciality Drinks for their The Whisky Trail range in 2011. Rich fruit and oak flavours and a fantastically accessible, smooth, easy-drinking style make this great value for money compared to the official bottlings.
A complex Longmorn, this is a marriage of two barrels from the 1990 vintage. A deliciously fruity dram with prominent red apples balanced by lip-smacking oak spices and a damson sponge cake character.
A 1990 vintage Glen Garioch from Signatory, part of their Cask Strength Collection. Distilled on April 9th and bottled on December 13th 2010 after 20 years of maturation in a hogshead.
A cask-strength 1990 vintage release from the previously-overlooked Glen Garioch, which is now turning heads after a successful packaging revamp. Sukhinder was very impressed with this one.
A single cask release of 1990 vintage Glen Ord. This whisky has been aged for 21 years and matured in a Refill butt. Bottled for Douglas Laing's Old Malt Cask series, at their preferred strength of 50%.
A 1990 vintage whisky from Miltonduff, distilled in May, matured for 21 years in a refill hogshead and bottled in November of 2011 by the folks at Douglas Lain for their Old Malt Cask range of whiskies.
An 18 year old Mortlach, distilled in 1990 and bottled in 2009 by Murray McDavid. Continuing their love of finishing whisky in interesting casks, this spent the last part of its time in wood sitting in Premier Cru Domaine Leroy red wine casks from Vosne-Romanée, one of the top wines from one of the highest quality growing areas in France.
A 1990 vintage Laphroaig bottled by indie bottler Montgomerie's in July 2009 at 18 years of age. This was distilled in the early days of legendary former manager Iain Henderson's reign at the distillery.
A cask strength 19 year old independent Longmorn from the 1990 vintage bottled in 2010 with a very interesting label using Greek characters to spell English words.