Kinclaith 40-year-old (D.1969, B.2009) Signatory Vintage /47.3%/0.7
- Kinclaith single malt definitely falls into ‘rarest of the rare’ category. The distillery was built in 1957 within parameters of Strathclyde grain distillery by Long John International, then subsidiary of Seager Evans.
Product description
Bottle No. 172, 174 / 217
Kinclaith single malt is undoubtedly in the “rarest of the rare” category. The distillery was built in 1957 by Long John International, part of Seager Evans.
It was located on the Strathclyde Grain Distillery complex and was the last malt distillery built in Glasgow in the 20th century. In 1975, the facility was taken over by Whitebread & Co. and soon replaced the stills with column stills, focusing on the production of vodka and gin. We know little about the Kinclaith Distillery today - equipped with a single pair of stills, it produced a fairly powerful distillate, compared to other Lowlands plants, which almost completely disappeared in Long John blends . The Signatory Edition in the Cask Strength Collection is a whisky distilled on 28th May 1969 and aged in hogshead cask no. 301445. On 16th October 2009, 217 bottles of whisky were filled from it, with an alcohol content of 47.3%.
Aroma : powerful, fruity with notes of malt, grapes, blackcurrants, apples, oranges, a hint of kiwi, strong tones of vanilla and oak, a bit of caramel and tobacco.
Taste : breath of the earth, forest floor, mixed berry jam, burnt toast, vanilla cream, caramel, a bit of licorice and cardamom and a perfectly incorporated oak bitterness.
Finish: long, lots of dried fruit, caramel, licorice and oak.