Product description
Distilled 1974
Bottled 18.11.1997
Bottle No. 4820 (part of European market allocation)
The whiskies making up this limited edition, which is extremely popular among collectors, came from 1974 and spent over 20 years in bourbon barrels.
Provenance was released four times between November 1997 and September 2000. The inaugural release was released shortly after Glenmorangie plc took over the plant and consisted of 4,000 bottles. Bottles numbered 2001-5000 were released in Europe.
Nose: deep and full with notes of baked apples, cinnamon, beeswax, dried apricots, iodine, peat smoke and oak.
Taste: complex and rich with accents of peat smoke, lemon and orange peel, caramel, cocoa, sweet bread and a pinch of salt.
Finish: very long, peat smoke, caramel, oak and a trace of pepper.