This 1975 vintage Glenlochy was bottled by Gordon & MacPhail in 1999 as part of their legendary Connoisseurs Choice range.
The whisky is 40% abv
Our tasting notes:
Nose: Sun-dried tomatoes. Old sherry. Dry peach skins. Shrubs. Dirty root vegetables.
Palate: Quite oily (really dances around the tongue). Brazil nuts. Apricots. Hay. Liquorice root.
Finish: Salted caramel ice cream. Dry old oak. Additional liquorice note.
Glenlochy Distillery – Closed
For fans of sports cars, 1898 is an important year –after all it was the birth year of Enzo Ferrari. That same year, far away from the bustling streets of Modena, a malt distillery was founded in the western highlands of Scotland in the town of Inverlochy. That distillery was Glenlochy – known in 1898 as the Glenlochy-Fort William Distillery.
Closed in 1983, Glenlochy is quite a rare whisky to find these days. During its lifetime it was never officially bottled, with the vast majority of its stock going into blends. Even the blends it was produced for have long since exited the market.
In a sad but familiar twist of fate, Glenlochy was yet another distillery that was born in the late 19th Century whisky boom and died in the late 20th Century whisky loch – joining other notable and unfortunate alumni such as Convalmore, Glenesk/Hillside and Glen Mhor.
This 1975 vintage Glenlochy was bottled by Gordon & MacPhail in 1999 as part of their legendary Connoisseurs Choice range.
The whisky is 40% abv
Our tasting notes:
Nose: Sun-dried tomatoes. Old sherry. Dry peach skins. Shrubs. Dirty root vegetables.
Palate: Quite oily (really dances around the tongue). Brazil nuts. Apricots. Hay. Liquorice root.
Finish: Salted caramel ice cream. Dry old oak. Additional liquorice note.
Glenlochy Distillery – Closed
For fans of sports cars, 1898 is an important year –after all it was the birth year of Enzo Ferrari. That same year, far away from the bustling streets of Modena, a malt distillery was founded in the western highlands of Scotland in the town of Inverlochy. That distillery was Glenlochy – known in 1898 as the Glenlochy-Fort William Distillery.
Closed in 1983, Glenlochy is quite a rare whisky to find these days. During its lifetime it was never officially bottled, with the vast majority of its stock going into blends. Even the blends it was produced for have long since exited the market.
In a sad but familiar twist of fate, Glenlochy was yet another distillery that was born in the late 19th Century whisky boom and died in the late 20th Century whisky loch – joining other notable and unfortunate alumni such as Convalmore, Glenesk/Hillside and Glen Mhor.
