In Scotland in 1971, some40 different distilleriesof malt and grain whiskies were busy crafting the spirits that would eventually become part of thistruly exceptionalblend.

This 1971 whisky can be classed as atriple maturedblend: having first been blended in 1983 for a Premium 12 Year Old, a reserve of the liquid was refilled into ex-Oloroso Sherry Butts. After a further nine years of ageing, a small proportion was refilled once more, this time into ex-American Oak Barrels. There followed a finalmaturation of 24 yearsin an old traditional dunnage warehouse before we bottled the whisky, in its prime, at the grand old age of 45 years.

You need only totaste one dropto be enveloped in theharmonious complexityof this exceptional whisky, yet one drop is certainly not enough to unveil all therich flavours developedduring its long, multi-faceted maturation.