G&M Private Collection Glen Albyn 1979

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Bottled at 52.2%, the whisky was matured 40 years in a 1st Fill Sherry Puncheon. Only 3 bottles have come to Canada, exclusively to KWM. We don't see whiskies from Glen Albyn Distillery very often any more. The long closed Inverness distillery is one of the more rare and hard to find single malts these days, and this one has great reviews!

Producer Tasting Note

Nose: Wonderfully rich. Aromas of juicy black cherries and intense orange peel transform into velvety milk chocolate. Sweet toffee comes to the fore alongside mature oak with fragrant lavender.

Taste: Creamy with hints of white pepper and Sherried stewed fruits. Sweet baked apple flavours with autumnal spice - cinnamon and aniseed with a slight menthol edge.

Finish: Delicate cinnamon and baked apple notes linger on the finish.

More About Glen Albyn (Courtesy Gordon Macphail)

"Glen Albyn Distillery has weathered turbulent waters almost from its founding in 1846. Built in Inverness, on the site of a brewery, Glen Albyn distilled until a devastating fire in November 1849 forced its closure. Up and running again in 1850, the distillery fell silent within its first decade; by 1866, the site had been transformed into a flour mill. Glen Albyn Distillery’s life was renewed in 1884 when it was purchase and rebuilt by Grigor & Co. Glen Albyn Distillery soon developed into a lucrative business with an estimated output of 75,000 gallons of spirit produced yearly. This single malt Scotch whisky was condensed using very unusual ‘D’ shaped worm tubs; these increased the cooling efficiency and adding to the flavour of its distinctive spirit. In 1983, along with a host of other distilleries, Glen Albyn was mothballed and eventually demolished and developed into a grocery store."

700 ml