Description
Founded in 1895, Gordon & MacPhail has been bottling single malt whiskies for 120 years and by the 1950s it held the largest range of bottled malt whiskies in the world. This family-run business has bottled the oldest single malt whisky in the world - a Mortlach 1939 75 Year Old - as well as being a distiller itself after buying Benromach in 1993. They bottle whisky across several ranges including... Balmenach has always been rarely seen as a commercial single malt, but thanks to independent bottlers like Gordon & MacPhail it has been available for years. This Connoisseurs Choice bottling is a prime example, distilled in 1971 and bottled at a respectable 16 years old in the late 1980s. Expect old-school Speyside character, balancing fruit, heather, straw and elegant oak.