1970s Light Very Old 8 Year Old Scotch

A single malt Scotch whisky of 8 years old, from a 1970s edition named Light Very Old. It is a clear, very pale straw in colour. The nose opens with kippery peat and a grainy sweetness, likened to toasted multigrain bread with clover honey. Briny salt, ripe pear, soft dried apricot and fresh-cut hay sit beneath. On the palate the smoke is heavy, like an extinguished campfire, with kippered fish, salt and iodine, pear candy, apple peel and a sticky malt sweetness. The finish is long, dry and ashy, with apple crumble, toasted almond and a last kick of cooking spices.