Glen Elgin 1969 Private Collection Gordon & MacPhail

One of three new 2010 releases for the Private Collection by Gordon & MacPhail. Distilled on 7 November 1969 and matured in cask #7354, a First Fill Sherry Hogshead, this single malt was bottled at 40.4% in June 2010. Only 50 bottles released. Glen Elgin Glen Elgin Distillery was designed by Charles C. Doig and established beside the Morayshire Railway in Fogwatt in 1898 by William Simpson and James Carle. Glen Elgin Distillery is a Scottish Speyside malt whisky distillery equipped with six small stills and six round wooden worm tubs. Only a few official Glen Elgin single malt whiskies have been released since Glen Elgin contributes a large proportion of its whisky to White Horse blended scotch. Glen Elgin Distillery participates in the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival. Glen Elgin 1969 is a powerful whisky, deep brown in colour. It is sweet, with a velvet-like texture and yields a resinous, sherried character with spices, tobacco leaf, boiled sweets and a delicate smokiness.