Banff 1976 vintage serves as a memory to a clean, elegant whisky with subtle peaty notes.

Distilled Bottled August 1976 and bottle December 2010 by Gordon & MacPhail for the Connoisseurs Choice series.

Nose: Sweet and fruity with floral notes.

Palate: Sweet, smoky - ask and burnt fruits.

Finish: Sweet and delicate.

Banff

The Mill of Banff malt whisky distillery was established by Major James McKilligan at Mains of Colleonard Farm just south of Banff in 1824 and acquired by James Simpson a local merchant and ship owner in 1852.  Mill of Banff Distillery closed in 1863 when Simpson’s son built a new distillery on a site to the west of Banff at Inverboyndie and named it Banff Distillery. Relocation enabled the opportunity to expand and take advantage of a plentiful supply of soft Speyside water and the new branch line connecting Banff to the main Inverness to Aberdeen railway. Despite surviving the ups and downs of the whisky industry Banff Distillery closed in 1983and partially demolished in 1985 but most of the rest of Banff Distillery came down during a fire in 1991 and although shells of a few warehouses are still standing Banff is a lost Highland malt whisky distillery.