Gordon & MacPhail 125th Anniversary Mosstowie 1979 40 Year Old 49.8% ABV

The penultimate of the 125th anniversary whiskies to be released is the Gordon & MacPhail 1979 Mosstowie from Miltonduff Distillery. Located within Miltonduff Distillery in Morayshire, Mosstowie was founded in 1964 under the ownership of industry pioneer Hiram Walker – who championed the use of longer, more versatile Lomond Stills to give a variety of flavour profiles. This stills, which produced Mosstowie’s smoky, soft spirit operated for just 17 years as the longer arms of the stills were notoriously difficult to clean, resulting in their removal in 1981. Only 164 bottles are available worldwide of this full-bodied whisky, full of sherry influences and dark chocolate notes. The 40-year-old whisky was laid down in Gordon & MacPhail’s Elgin warehouse on Thursday 13 September 1979 in cask number 20323, a refill Sherry Hogshead.