Glenlivet 1948 | Gordon & MacPhail 1980sSpeyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Bottled by: Gordon & MacPhail 75cl 40% An old bottle of Glenlivet 1948 Speyside single malt whisky bottled by Elgin independent bottlers Gordon & MacPhail at some point in the 1980s. These late 1940s Glenlivet single malts had calmed down slightly on the peat front after the privations of the immediate postwar period, but all the oily, fruity complexity was still singing beautifully. This is a good chance to try this

Smith Label

Whisky Distillery Bottling 70cl / 43%

An old 15-year-old Glenturret from the 1980s

long aged cask strength fruity Bas Armagnac is as good value as you can find if you're looking for a 'malternative'

This 1984 vintage was bottled at 11 or 12 years old and already shows some noticeable sherry influence

a marriage of both ex-bourbon and Oloroso casks

These old Glenburgies can be quite astonishing drams and Gordon & MacPhail bottled some superb Glenburgies from the 1966 vintage

Old bottlings from this distillery can be up there with the best of them

lots of nuts

Official Tasting Notes

This is one of many bottlings of Brora that is getting harder and harder to find

The general shape began to develop sometime in the second half of the 18th century