Balblair 1969-2012 | 43 Year Old | First ReleaseHighland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery Bottling 70cl 41. 4% This rare 1969 vintage has matured for the last 43 years in an American Oak, ex bourbon remade hogshead casks. The result of this long and slow maturation process is 999 bottles.

Looking back at it now it's still a cracking dram that remains the last word for true peat heads

and delivered to members of the Founder's Club in 2001

A style that really needs to be tasted to be believed

it is a beautiful golden amber colour with opulent sherry influences infused with plump sultana

you will get rich blackcurrant cordial combined with dark orange marmalade and gentle waves of burning heather smoke

A limited-edition Aberfeldy filled on 11th April 1997 from cask number 3618

Nose: Sweet Valencia orange and peach segments on a cream and biscuit base

Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky Bottled by: Douglas Laing 70cl / 43

A seductively dark 1964 Ardbeg bottled in 1995 after 30 years of maturation by Gordon & MacPhail under their Connoisseur's Choice range

This is one of the Cask Strength variants in the Flora & Fauna series

the Ardbeg Airigh Nam Beist bottlings were a run of three consecutive 1990 vintages that Ardbeg released between 2006-2008 and are widely considered to be the distillery's last grasp at greatness before the aged stocks were all but dried up

Ballantine's is one of the great historic blended whisky brands