Port Dundas 28 Years Old 1995 Cask #64907 (Signatory Vintage)

From Signatory Vintage comes this Port Dundas single grain, a 28 year old grain, from 1995, drawn from cask 64907 and bottled at 56.1%. A small release of 211 bottles. The Glasgow grain distillery Port Dundas, built in 1811 above the city of Glasgow, was one of Scotland's great grain distilleries until closed in 2010 just short of two centuries. A founding member of the grain combine DCL in 1877, it supplied blenders across the country.

Distilled on wheat and malted barley and drawn off tall continuous column stills, it began as a clean, sweet grain spirit. It was matured in a refill ex-Bourbon cask, letting the clean grain character speak. Decades in wood take the light spirit into an oxidative maturity, full and gently waxy. Filled at around sixty eight percent, the spirit slowly drew colour and sweetness from the wood.

At cask strength 56.1% it is muscular. A clear vanilla rises from the lignin, coconut follows from the lactones, and caramelised sugars a toffee and creme brulee note, across a soft, fruity grain backbone. There is a buttery, dessert like quality long aged grain does so well. The finish runs long, creamy and gently spiced. This is a rare survivor from a demolished grain works.