Old Elgin 1940 | 50 Year Old Gordon & MacPhail Crystal DecanterSpeyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Bottled By: Gordon & MacPhail 75cl 40% The magnificent Old Elgin 50 year old is one of the harder to find 50 year olds bottled by Gordon & MacPhail. This whisky was distilled at an undisclosed Speyside distillery in the winter of 1940 and matured in oak casks at that distillery before being moved to Gordon & MacPhail's warehouse and bottled after 50 years in cask. This was one of several amazing 50 year olds under

and perhaps suffered in comparison to its then-sister distillery Glenmorangie's widely acclaimed wine finishes of the era

with lots of fragrant coastal touches

prominent but not overpowering sherry

coastal highland dram

mineral notes and masses of beautiful

earthy and with a rich seam of peat running through them

Full of distillery character it shows all the medicine

A 42 year old from the Glenfarclas distillery in Speyside

combined with the fact that Bowmore made some stunning whisky in 1989 and you've got a pretty tasty recipe

A good and (relatively) inexpensive chance to try some old style Benromach as it was a few decades ago

Bottled in February 2017 as a 16-year-old with a yield of 359 bottles from a refill butt

these distillates offer a myriad of intense