A Glen Elgin distilled in 1971 and bottled in 1985 by R.W. Duthie for Silvano Samaroli.

Samaroli is perhaps Italy's most revered independent bottler of Scotch whisky. With an impeccable taste in single cask whiskies, and an eye for aesthetics (if not English spelling at times!), he is regarded by many as a visionary. Many of his bottles now occupy deserved sports on the pantheon of whisky greats.

Bottle number 281 of only 1200.

Glen Elgin was built in at the very end of the 19th century, with distilling commencing in 1900. Its success was sporadic in the early days, but it eventually joined DCL in 1930 as part of their White Horse Distillers arm. Unusually, the distillery had no electricity until 1950, and was entirely powered by paraffin until then. Although a key component in their blends, the fruity character of Glen Elgin was deemed worthy of being bottled as a single malt too, appearing as a 12 year old under White Horse branding from as early as the 1970s, with occasional sought after independent releases appearing from around this time onwards as well.

Nose This seems really powerful on the nose , its all on old varnish mixed with grapefruit and a little sugared lemon cake. You then get whiffs of cough candy and a little barley sugar. The thing that detracts a little is a paint note that gives it an industrial sort of angle, a manufactured smell if you like, as if you are in an engineering workshop. Taste There is some nice fruit and a peat and a lovely sweet sherry note that is full of brown sugar so first impressions are good. Everything is enveloped in this sweetness, it is a candy sweetness with hints of milk chocolate and a little faint hint of lime , possibly anyway, Good balance on show here. Finish The finish just right, with a nice sweetness and lingering creaminess.

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