Macallan 1990 | 21 Year Old | Directors' CutSpeyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky Bottled by: Douglas Laing 70cl 52. 7%

jam and compote flavours with some sweet barley notes underneath

not overly complex but flavour forward

Released in 1998 alongside the 1969

Country Ireland Age 21

giving yet another dimension to the ever changing finish

not to mention a seriously collectable rarity

batches were small and cask selection was occasionally a bit lackadaisical

lots of dark fruits

Palate: Fruity with grape and lemon and the forefront

This Bowmore was distilled in 1972 and aged for 45 years in refill sherry butt #3882 before being bottled in 2018 with a yield of 246 bottles at its full cask strength of 46

The rarest of beasts

Ballantine's Original Character was a limited bottling designed to represent an older style of Ballantine's with a higher malt content and smokier profile