Glen Mhor – 1965/2016 50 Year Old Signatory Vintage Rare Reserve (70cl, 47.1%)

This is a 50-year-old Glen Mhor from the Highlands, bottled by Signatory Vintage in its Rare Reserve range in January 2016. It comes at 47.1% ABV in a 70cl bottle, from a distillery that closed in 1983. The whisky was distilled on 9 December 1965 and matured first in a refill butt, then given an 88-month finish in a fresh Oloroso sherry cask. The release came to 353 bottles. On the nose, sweet raisins, old leather and truffle sit alongside mint and polished oak. The palate brings dark fruit and sherry spice with chocolate and aged wood. The finish is very long, with dried fruit, oak and a dry spiciness.