Gordon & MacPhail The Dram Takers Glen Albyn 42 Year Old Cask #2327

The Dram Takers Glen Albyn 1980 is an exceptionally rare 42 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky from the long-closed Glen Albyn Distillery in Inverness, independently bottled by Gordon & MacPhail for The Dram Takers Collection. Distilled on 14 August 1980, only a few years before Glen Albyn closed in 1983, the whisky matured for more than four decades in a refill Sherry puncheon, Cask #2327. It was bottled on 9 January 2023 at 51.1% ABV, with only 77 bottles produced.

Food Pairing: Aged hard cheeses, roasted walnuts, dark chocolate, dried figs, fruit cake or rich caramel-based desserts.

Tasting Notes: Exceptionally mature and complex with dried fruits, raisins and ripe fruit balanced by delicate sweetness, mature oak, sherry influence and warming spice.

Nose: Dried fruits and mature oak accompanied by delicate spice and rich, developed sherry character.

Palate: Full-bodied with sweet raisins, ripe fruit and gentle sweetness layered with warming spice and seasoned oak.

Finish: Long and warming with lingering sherry, dried fruit, subtle sweetness and mature oak.

Serve: Best enjoyed neat at room temperature in a tulip-shaped whisky glass. Allow it time to rest in the glass before tasting; a few drops of water may be added gradually if desired.