Glen Albyn 43 Year Old 1979 Private Collection

Name: Glen Albyn 43 Year Old 1979 Private Collection
Brand: Glen Albyn
Price: 2640.0 GBP
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Glen Albyn 43 Year Old 1979 Private Collection (2023) is an extraordinarily rare Highland single malt Scotch whisky from the long-lost Glen Albyn Distillery, which closed in 1983. Read more

Glen Albyn 43 Year Old 1979 Private Collection

£2,640.00 GBP

£2,200.00 ex VAT

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Bottle Information

Bottler: Gordon & MacPhail

Cask: #3857

Cask Type: refill sherry puncheon

Type: Single Malt Scotch

Volume: 70cl

Region: Highland

Vintage: 1979

Age: 43 Years Old

ABV: 56.40%

Tasting Notes

Nose: Rich roast coffee aromas give way to fruitcake. Subtle spice and beeswax polish notes. Treacle toffee and charred oak with a hint of dark chocolate. Taste: Smooth with dried fig, ark cherries and oramge peel followed by dark chocolate flavours tempered by cracked black pepper and charred oak. Finish: Full bodied finish revealing lasting hints of oak and liquorice.

Glen Albyn 43 Year Old 1979 Private Collection (2023) is an extraordinarily rare Highland single malt Scotch whisky from the long-lost Glen Albyn Distillery, which closed in 1983. Distilled on 19th September 1979, this exquisite whisky matured for over four decades in a single refill Sherry puncheon (#3857) and was bottled on 9th January 2023 by Gordon & MacPhail for the Private Collection – Lost Distilleries Recollection Series #2. Only 95 hand-blown crystal decanters were produced, making this a truly limited and collectible piece of Scotland’s whisky heritage.

Why We Think You’ll Love It

Distilled in 1979 at the now-closed Glen Albyn Distillery
Aged for 43 years in a single refill Sherry puncheon
Bottled by Gordon & MacPhail for the Recollection Series #2
Just 95 hand-blown crystal decanters available worldwide

An extraordinary relic of Highland whisky history—elegance captured in glass.

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The Distillery

Glen Albyn Distillery, founded in 1844 along the east bank of the Caledonian Canal in Inverness, capitalized on the canal’s opening in 1822, originally intended as a naval shortcut between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea. This strategic location enabled easy transport of both raw materials and whisky casks, fostering the distillery’s growth. Although Glen Albyn ceased operations in 1983 and was mostly demolished by 1986, fragments of its old walls remain, commemorating its place in Scottish Highland whisky heritage. Now recognized as a lost distillery, Glen Albyn’s single malt bottlings are exceedingly rare, with examples such as Gordon & MacPhail’s 1976 Rare Old prized by collectors and connoisseurs worldwide.

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