Rare Ayrshire 1975/2015 40 Year Old Signatory Vintage Rare Reserve (70cl, 47.1%)

This is a 40-year-old single malt from the closed Ladyburn distillery in Ayrshire, bottled by Signatory Vintage for its Rare Reserve within the Cask Strength Collection. It comes from a single bourbon barrel, cask 3421, and is in a 70cl bottle at 47.1% ABV. The whisky was distilled on 24 October 1975 and bottled on 2 December 2015, giving 166 numbered bottles. It is natural colour and non-chill-filtered. The nose is led by unripe mango, lemon and light papaya, with sweets, fruit jellies and marshmallow behind. The palate is fresh and fruity, with apple, grapefruit, mango and white pineapple, and the oak shows only as light, tea-like tannins. The finish is medium in length, with honeysuckle and a touch of elderberry.