Port Dundas 24 Years Old 1995 Cask #72910 (Alistair Walker Whisky Company)

Bottled by Alistair Walker Whisky Company, this Port Dundas single grain at 24 year old from 1995, drawn from cask 72910 and bottled at 58.4%. Only 260 bottles were released. Port Dundas, a giant of Lowland grain whisky dating to 1811 in the heart of Glasgow's blending trade, was brought to an end in 2010. Most of its make went to blends rather than single bottlings, so single grain Port Dundas is uncommon.

Made from a mash of wheat and malted barley and produced by continuous distillation in Coffey stills, this is a smooth, low flavour spirit built for long ageing. It was matured in an ex-Bourbon barrel, wood that rounds the spirit gently. Two decades and more carry the grain into a deep, rounded maturity, concentrated and waxy. Distilled to a high strength, grain carries less congener weight than malt and matures in an oak led way.

Bottled at a cask strength 58.4%, it is rich. Creme brulee from the caramelised hemicellulose, lifted by the wood gives vanilla and a creamy coconut from the oak, over the orchard and tropical fruit of mature grain. It is round and creamy on the palate, sweet without cloying. The finish is smooth, sweet and lingering. This is a closing record of a distillery silenced in 2010.