BEN NEVIS - SINGLE MALT - IB - GORDON & MACPHAIL (G&M) "CONNOISSEURS CHOICE" 1965

BEN NEVIS - SINGLE MALT - IB - GORDON & MACPHAIL (G&M) "CONNOISSEURS CHOICE" 1965

This bottle released during the mid-1980s, this bottle captures a fascinating, transitional period of production from a distillery known for its uniquely heavy, eccentric, and old-school style.

It gives waxy citrus peel, antique beeswax polish, wet slate, and damp dunnage earth mixed with a peculiar, attractive hint of diesel engine oil, unrefined honey, and dried tropical fruits (mango, bruised banana). It trails off with lingering accents of grapefruit peel, waxy oak, and a faint sootiness.