Benrinnes 1978-2021 | 43 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail Private Collection Single Cask 1636Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Bottled by: Gordon & MacPhail 70cl 54. 5% A 1978 Benrinnes 43 year old bottled in 2021 by Gordon & MacPhail for their prestige Private Collection series. Benrinnes is a whisky generally associated with sherry maturation, but this 43 year old Benrinnes 1978 is from a single refill American hogshead that yielded 158 bottles at a cask strength of 54. 5%, so we can expect some serious complexity from this combination of

Another stellar sherried release from Glendronach

Bottled by: Mayor

this was one of the very first and has to be up there as one of the best

Laurier d’Apollon has several moments

Spicy on the palate with orange

1 of the very popular heavily peated Octomore bottlings

roasted chestnuts and Java coffee

This is from an evidently active sherry cask which has lent it a mouthwateringly dark hue and bags of dark and tropical fruit notes along with heaps of spice

Bourbon Butt Cask 2004 60

sherry and dried fruits

minerals and spice

and a twist green pepper