Octogenarian Single Malt Scotch Whisky 15 Years (Islay Laph........)

Age: 15 years Alcohol: 54.8 % vol Content: 70 cl Distilled: 09.06.2006 Bottled: 02.08.2021 Barrel number: 800001 Edition: 269 bottles

Single cask bottling, uncoloured, not chill filtered This is a special bottling for the 80th birthday of John McDougall, Master Distiller and Master Blender and one of the still living "great old" men of the Scotch whisky business.

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Tasting notes Color: White wine Nose: Very subtle smoke in the background, no phenols, glues or iodine-containing medicine. Fruit is there, typical citrus and tropical fruits, roasted nuts, wood, vanilla and a little smoke Palate: Fruit notes dominate, a certain dryness with a sweet finish and espresso notes. Very multi-layered and complex.

Finish: Warm, slightly bitter and medium-long. Conclusion: A rather untypical malt from this distillery, quite elegant with a delicate smoky note. An exciting dram that John has chosen for his birthday bottling.

Origin: The whisky was distilled in 2006 in a distillery on the south coast of the Hebridean island of Islay. Unfortunately, the name cannot be used for this bottling for trademark reasons.

About the person: John McDougall looks back on 60 years of experience in the whisky business. If you include the years he spent in his father's grain trade during his childhood and youth, the total is 70 years.

He is one of the “grand old men” of the whisky world and one of the few who has left his mark as production director or manager in all Scottish whisky regions.

After his time as a trainee in Speyside during the early 1960s, he worked as an assistant manager at the Dailuaine Distillery before becoming the youngest Scottish distillery manager at Balvenie in 1968 at the age of just 26. In 1970 he moved to Laphroaig , where he gradually took over responsibility from the legendary Bessie Williamson and pushed ahead with the modernization of the distillery.

After managing the Tormore Distillery in Speyside for a number of years from 1974, he accepted a call to the headquarters of Long John International, where he was initially responsible as Master Blender and Quality Insurance Manager, and was General Manager from 1981. In 1986 he returned to production and joined Springbank as General Manager. Over the next 10 years he brought the company back on the road to profitability and, among other things, reactivated the dilapidated malting floors. It was during this time that the first organic whisky was produced. Since 1996 John has worked as an author, whisky broker and bottler, but above all he travels the world as a consultant. His most important projects have included the Bladnoch Distillery, which reopened in 2000, Kilchoman on Islay, Glann ar Mor in France and Dingle in Ireland. He currently advises companies in Ireland, France (Moon Harbour), India and Poland.