1998 Vintage Whisky

An independent bottling of 1998 Glenturret for Gordon & Macphail, distilled shortly before the distillery was bought by the 1887 Company (a joint venture between WM Grant and Edrington).

A 1998 vintage Caol Ila from the fine folks at Gordon & Macphail, bottlers of the Connoisseurs Choice range of whiskies. A classic Caol Ila with an edge of fruit thanks to having been matured in first fill sherry butts.

A young-ish single cask Miltonduff bottled by indie bottlers Berry Bros. Described as clean, fresh and fragrant, with a fullish honeyed, grassy, fruity palate.

A delightful sherried Macallan 1998 bottled by Speciality Drinks for their Whisky Trail range. Nutty and chocolatey, without being over-sherried this is a wonderfully-balanced autumnal dram.

Part of a pair of 1998 Sherry Editions from Bruichladdich, this whisky was distilled during a six week period in 1998, the only time the distillery was working between Jan 1995 and May 2001.

A limited batch cask strength Auchentoshan 1998 matured in fino sherry barrels prior to bottling and release in late 2010.

One of Edradour's special full strength wine-finished single casks, this 1998 vintage has had over 3 years second maturation in a claret cask.

An independent release of 1998 vintage from young distillery Braeval by Signatory for their Cask Strength Collection. Braeval only opened in 1975, but has already changed its name (from Braes of Glenlivet) and had a period of closure. It's quite rare, with no official distillery releases and only a handful of independents, but as distilling only restarted in 2008 after 6 years of downtime we will hopefully see more soon.