A vintage single grain whisky from Diageo's Cameronbridge distillery, bottled by independent bottlers Signatory. There's a lot of excellent very old grain whisky around at the moment, but rather fewer younger expressions, so this is a very interesting treat.
A release of independent bottler favourite Dailuaine from Gordon & Macphail as part of their Connoisseurs Choice range. This is from the 1995 vintage and has been bottled from refill sherry butts.
A medium-bodied Glen Spey 1995 bottled for G&M's Connoisseurs Choice range. Glen Spey's pleasant, grassy single malt is rather rare as most of it goes into J & B.
Bottled at around 15 years old by Gordon & Macphail from refill sherry casks at a hearty drinking strength of 46%, this 1995 Teaninich has a handsome colour and comes in at a very sensible price. Bravo!
A bottling of 1995 vintage whisky from Speyside youngling Allt-A-Bhainne. This was distilled when Chivas Brothers was under the watchful eye of Seagrams and bottled about 14 years later under the command of Pernod Ricard.
The latest vintage in this award-winning series of Irish single malts was distilled by Bushmils in 1995 and bottled in 2007, the oldest release to date. Bottled without artificial colouring, Knappogue Castle's unique, crisp clean flavour varies from vintage to vintage.
Continuing Knockando's habit of marking the vintage of their whiskies, this 15 year old was distilled in 1995 and aged in a mixture of sherry and bourbon casks.
Hints of heather, fudge and hazelnuts on the nose of this Single Malts of Scotland Highland Park 1995. The medium-bodied palate shows some hints of marmalade before a peppery finale.