Glen Mhor 10 Years Old 1978 Original Cask Strength (G&M)

A 10 year old Glen Mhor from the Elgin house Gordon and MacPhail, distilled in 1978, bottled at 65.3%, one of 300 bottles. Glen Mhor made a full, oily Highland malt in Inverness from 1892 until its closure in 1983. It was closed in the same cuts that took Glen Albyn, Brora and Banff.

This was worked through the stills and worm tubs for a rich, oily body, for a rich, oily make of orchard fruit and a waxy weight. It rested in ex-Bourbon oak, the wood adding a light vanilla over the oily body. Integration folds eugenol (clove) and vanillin (vanilla) into the malt, the body fuller and oilier. Active wood frames the fruit without smothering the full, oily spirit. It condensed its spirit in worm tubs, the source of its full, oily body. The worm tubs are the key to Glen Mhor's body, holding the heavier, oily notes in the spirit. With Glen Mhor gone, every bottle draws on a finite, dwindling stock.

Bottled at a cask strength 65.3%, it is rich. Baked apple, wax and a gentle spice, with a soft vanilla from the oak. It is rich and oily, the full spirit shining through. A long, full finish ends on orchard fruit and beeswax. This is a rare Highland single malt from a demolished distillery.