Description
A high-strength Glen Elgin 1971 bottled for Italian importers Samaroli in the mid-1980s. This was a small batch of just 1200 bottles.
Glen Elgin
Glen Elgin Natural Strength 14 Year Old, 1971, Samaroli, 50%
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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
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Whisky AuctioneerAuction Sold Price - Mar 9, 2026SGD 2,260.76
- Region
- Speyside
- Age
- 14 Years
- Vintage
- 1971
- Bottled
- 1985
- ABV
- 50%
- Volume
- 75cl
- Distillery
- Glen Elgin
- Origin
- Scotland
- Cask type
- N.A
- Bottling
- Independent Bottling - Samaroli
- Peated
- Unpeated
- Single cask
- No
- Non-chill filtered
- N.A
- Cask origin
- N.A
- Cask no.
- N.A
- Batch
- N.A
- PPM
- N.A
- Barley
- N.A
- Fermentation
- N.A
- Master distiller (bottling)
- N.A
- Master distiller (distillation)
- N.A
- Limited edition
- Yes
- Bottle count
- 1200
- Has box
- N.A
- Closure
- Cork
- Presentation
- N.A
- Series highlights
- N.A
- Historical context
- N.A
- Special release
- N.A
- Allocation
- N.A
- Nose
- This smells exactly like when you're entering a genuine Chinese restaurant. A most unusual mix of soft spices and herbs (coriander, green pepper, lovage) and sweet and sour tones (plum sauce, red sauce for dim sum, dried longans). Even roasted duck! Goes on with ham, slightly stale orange juice, blackberries, gingerbread. Slight soapiness. Extremely unusual whisky.
- Palate
- Closer to the 1976, but with a bigger body. Dried fruits, sweet spices, a little ginger, lemon, a little mint. A little prickly (lemon peel). Hints of coconut liqueur.
- Finish
- Long, candied. Crystallised quinces, cinnamon.