Port Dundas 15 Years Old 2009 Cask #728271A (Whiskydudes)

Bottled by Whiskydudes, this Port Dundas single grain matured to 15 year old, from 2009, drawn from cask 728271A and bottled at 59.3%. Some 131 bottles were drawn. Once a giant of Lowland grain whisky, Port Dundas was raised in 1811 at the highest point in Glasgow before being brought to an end in 2010. Its spirit was the backbone of countless blends in the great age of Scotch.

Made from unpeated wheat with a little malted barley and worked through continuous patent stills, this is a smooth, low flavour spirit built for long ageing. An Oloroso sherry cask shaped it, aged in open contact with air to build a nutty, dried fruit depth. By this age grain takes on real character, the oak rounding it into a creamy whisky. Patience is everything with grain, the finest examples resting for decades.

Bottled at a cask strength 59.3%, it is rich. Dark fruit and walnut come from the Oloroso, while broken down lignin lends vanilla and oak lactones a gentle coconut, with a butterscotch and toffee sweetness, atop the creamy grain make. The mouthfeel is thick and oily, classic old grain. A creamy, lingering finish rounds it off. This is one of the last windows onto Port Dundas grain.