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Hillside Rare Malts Selection 25 Year Old, 1995, 61.9%
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Hillside Rare Malts Selection 25 Year Old, 1995, 61.9%

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TypeSingle Malt Whisky
MRI
MRI 21
Average Score
Avg 78
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Description

From the Diageo Rare Malts Selection, a very nice collectable bottle from Hillside distillery, Angus. Bottled at natural cask strength this Limited Edition 25-year-old whisky was distilled in 1970. Hillside is also known as Glenesk distillery, which closed in 1985 and was later dismantled.

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Cask type
N.A
Bottling
Official Bottling
Peated
Lightly Peated
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
N.A
Has box
Yes
Closure
Driven Cork with Metal Cap
Presentation
Box
Series highlights
Diageo Rare Malts Selection
Historical context
Distillery closed in 1985 and dismantled in 1996, making this a bottling from a lost distillery.
Special release
Limited Edition
Allocation
N.A
Nose
Malty, grassy, honey, grapes, peach, vanilla, moss, heather, tropical fruits (oranges, pineapple, banana), plums, red berries, hints of nail polish, sawdust, whisper of smoke, gooseberry, pear, hint of ginger, light toffee, sage, eucalyptus.
Palate
Strong on alcohol, oaky, herbal, spicy (pepper), smoke, dark caramel, vanilla custard, coconut, fresh wood, saltiness, hint of peat, tangy orange marmalade, peach, raisins, cardamom, candied ginger, oak spices, marzipan, buttery taste, light peat smoke.
Finish
Slowly fading smoke, sweet, fruity, drying oak, cigar smoke, hay, grass, peach, banana, orange, lingering spices, oak tannins, touch of mint.
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