1995 Vintage Whisky

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.

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.

Another great looking Glenrothes from Signatory, stylised as Glen Rothes on the label, as usual. This is a 17 year old from a single first fill sherry butt which has picked up a lot less colour than you might expect. Distilled on 19th May 1995, bottled for the Un-Chillfiltered Collection on 3rd May 2013.

A 1995 vintage whisky from Mortlach, distilled on July 5th, matured for 17 years in a pair of hogsheads and bottled on April 24th 2013 for Signatory as part of their Un-Chillfiltered Collection.

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.

Another entry in Glenrothes excellent range of vintages, distilled in 1995 and bottled 16 years later in 2011.

A single hogshead of the little-seen Glenallachie from the 1995 vintage, this has been bottled at full strength for The Single Malts of Scotland range.

A limited release 10 year old 1995 vintage of Longrow, the peated single malt made by the Springbank distillery in Campbeltown.

An independent single cask bottling of this silent Speyside distillery. This is 16 year old Imperial distilled during its short most recent operating period before maturing in a refill hogshead until early 2011.

A 16 year old Clynelish from Douglas Laing's Old Malt Cask range. Distilled in June 1995 and bottled from a single refill hogshead in March 2012.

More madness from Murray McDavid, starting with a 1995 vintage distillate from Bowmore. They first matured the spirit in ex-Bourbon before finishing the whisky in Viognier white wine casks from Guigal in Condrieu, for a total of 11 years in wood. They may also have spelled Viognier as Voignier on the label...

Imperial, after a stop-start production history, can now see the light after the announcement in 2012 that owners Pernod Ricard are to invest in a brand new distillery at the site. Check out the old make courtesy of this full strength hogshead of the '95 vintage from indie bottlers Signatory.

A hogshead of 1995 Macduff, bottled at full strength at the end of 2012 by Signatory for their Cask Strength Collection. You don't see a lot of these about, as most of Macduff's spirit goes into owner Dewar's William Lawson blend.

A 1995 vintage single cask whisky from Imperial, closed and being demolished at the time of this bottle's release, ready for a new distillery to be built in its place. This was aged for 17 years before being bottled by Berry Brothers and Rudd.

A 1995 vintage Fettercain bottled from a pair of bourbon barrels in July 2011 by Signatory as part of their Cask Strength Collection.

A 1995 Clynelish bottled as part of the "Cask Strength Collection" by Signatory. After being matured in a sherry butt and aged for 16 years, this single cask whisky was bottled in January 2012.

A 1995 Clynelish bottled for rising indie-bottling stars Daily Dram for their Nectar range. No details on the label, but from the colour we're guessing that this is from a refill cask.

Lagavulin's popular limited edition Distiller's Edition, distilled in 1995 and finished in Pedro Ximinez sherry casks. An extra layer of sweetness soothes the rough edges of this much-loved dram.

A lovely deep gold colour on this cask strength 1995 Clynelish, bottled by Signatory at the end of 2012 from a refill sherry butt that yielded an impressive 602 bottles.

A cask strength Longrow from Springbank that spent its last two years in a Tokaji cask, adding some mouthwatering sweet notes and extra complexity.