Carsebridge 34 Years Old 1982 Cask #74688 (Signatory)

A 34 year old Carsebridge from the Pitlochry bottler Signatory Vintage, distilled in 1982, from cask 74688, bottled at 40.4%, one of 88 bottles. Carsebridge was a Lowland grain distillery whose spirit went largely into the great blends. Most of its make went into blends; single grain Carsebridge appears only from independent bottlers.

Run off the distillery's Coffey continuous stills, for a light, sweet make of real purity. Ex-Sherry wood added a dried fruit richness to the sweet, aged grain. Decades have drawn the grain to a tropical, oily delicacy, crème brûlée, coconut and a faint sotolon. Decades in cask build a waxy, polished depth over the light Carsebridge spirit. Patient ageing gives the oily, waxy texture prized in old single grain. Light grain takes oak readily, the ex-Bourbon lending coconut and vanilla over many years. No more will ever be made, the distillery silent since 1983.

At its natural 40.4% it is concentrated. The Oloroso lends dried fruit, fig and walnut, the oak adding coconut from its lactones. The texture is oily and buttery, the sweetness coating. The close is long, dessert sweet over oak. This is the sweet, oily grain of a vanished DCL distillery.