Glen Spey 1995-2018 | 22 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs ChoiceSpeyside Single Malt Scotch WhiskyBottled by: Gordon & MacPhail 70cl 46%A small batch Glen Spey 1995 22 year old Speyside single malt whisky bottled at 46% without colouring or chill filtration in 2018 by Gordon & MacPhail for their improved Connoisseur's Choice range. This 22 year old Glen Spey Batch 18 024, a micro batch vatting of two refill American hogshead casks that yielded a total of just 650 bottles. Glen Spey is one of Diageo's more obscure

classic highlands style

Bottled in the 1980s

belter of an Ardbeg that scores points for power and focused distillery character

menthol and greengages

Great whisky from a sadly closed distillery

Bottler Robert Watson

fruity nuances for which it became so mind-bogglingly popular

They leave most modern whiskies far far behind

polish and trace notes of oils and phenols that you would hope for and expect from such top quality fifties distillate

These older 10-year-old Unblended Laphroaigs from the 1980s are a fantastic drinking experience with numerous fruits intermingled with layers of peat

These old young Glenrothes are pretty hard to come by these days and offer a glimpse into the old style of whisky that was being made at the time

This 1965 St Magdalene whisky shows a softer side of this rather muscular Lowland distillery