1991 Vintage Whisky

An independent bottling of peated Speysider Ardmore 1991 from Gordon & Macphail.

A lightly smoky single malt from Mannochmore, bottled by Gordon & Macphail in their Connoisseurs Choice range. Filled with ripe fruit and with a nice touch of sherry influence on the finish.

A 1991 vintage Glentauchers, bottled by Gordon & Macphail with the traditionally styled distillery label.

Another edition of Clynelish for Diageo's yearly vintaged Distiller's Edition range. Clynelish's take on the series's 'Double Maturation' is to finish the whisky in oloroso sherry casks, to add an extra chunk of rich sweetness.

A vintage edition of the hugely popular Glenlivet Nadurra. This special version has been made with a single barley variety, Triumph (hence the name), and has been composed exclusively using malt from the 1991 vintage, bottled at 48%. As with other Nadurras, this Glenlivet has been neither coloured nor chill-filtered.

An affordable bottle of the little-seen Strathmill. This 1991 vintage was bottled from refill bourbon casks by Gordon & Macphail a few years ago for their Connoisseurs Choice series.

A Murray McDavid bottling of Royal Brackla 1991.

A single refill butt of grain whisky from Diageo's closed grain distillery Cambus, which was one of the casualties of the 1993 rationalisation that also finished off Rosebank.

A distillery-bottled Balblair from the 1991 vintage. Long known to blenders as a category 'A' malt, Balblair is a terrific malt whisky worthy of the renewed attention its recent makeover and thrilling vintage releases have bestowed.

A batch of two hogshead casks vatted together to produce our latest cask strength Caol Ila 1991 for Single Malts of Scotland.

This is pretty exciting stuff - a single grain whisky from the extinct and rarely-seen Cambus distillery, bottled at full strength from a refill butt by independent bottlers Signatory. This was distilled in 1991, just a couple of years before the distillery was closed.

A beautiful naturally coloured 1991 vintage Highland Park bottled by Signatory as part of their Un-Chillfiltered Collection. Distilled on September 17th, matured for 21 years in a sherry butt and bottled on 26th February 2013.

A very healthy colour on this Auchentoshan 1991, bottled by Gordon & Macphail from a pair of refill sherry casks as part of their Secret Stills collection.

A refill hoggie of Glen Moray, formerly owned by Glenmorangie, of course, and now missing in action after being snapped up by La Martiniquaise, owners of the up-and-coming Label 5 blend.

A 1991 vintage whisky from Inverleven, distilled in the year that they closed down. There are no official bottlings from the distillery, leaving it to people like Gordon & Macphail to get the whisky out into the world.

A single cask 1991 Whisky from Glen Elgin. This has been fully matured in a Refill Sherry Butt and bottled at the age of 20 years. Bottled at cask strength by Signatory for their Cask Strength Collection.

A 21 year old whisky from Allt-a-Bhainne. Distilled on July 9th 1991, matured for 21 years in a hogshead and bottled on October 6th 2012 by Signatory as part of their Cask Strength Collection.

This should be good: single sherry-cask Linkwood 1991 bottled at full strength in 2006 for Gordon & MacPhail's 'Cask' series - Yummy.

A single cask 20 year old whisky from Royal Lochnagar, bottled by Signatory as part of their Cask Strength Collection. This was distilled on April 12th 1991, matured in a refill butt and then bottled on November 1st 2011.

A 1991 vintage whiskey from Buffalo Trace bottled as part of their Experimental Collection. A marriage of 8 similar casks left to mature for 19 years and 1 month and bottled at 45% after losing 62% of the casks volume to evaporation.