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Convalmore 1977 - 2013. 36 Year Old. Bottled by Diageo for their Special Releases in 2013. One of 2680 bottles. 70cl. 58%. In presentation box.
An old bottle of small batch Convalmore 1977 36-year-old Speyside single malt whisky, bottled at full cask strength for former owner Diageo’s Special Releases in 2013.
This was only the third ever official bottling of Convalmore, after 2005’s magnificent Convalmore 1978 Rare Malts edition and a glorious previous 1977 vintage edition bottled as a 28-year-old for the Special Releases in 2005. A small batch of European oak refill casks yielded 2680 bottles of this gem, released at its phenomenal natural cask strength of 58%.
Convalmore is one of the greatest lost Speyside distilleries of modern times. The distillery was founded in 1893, and was part of the Buchanan’s stable when the latter joined Distillers Company Limited in 1925, with much of its operational life spent producing whisky for the Black & White blend. Convalmore was expanded in the 1960s before being mothballed by DCL in 1985 and sold to neighbours William Grant & Sons, whose Glenfiddich and Balvenie distilleries adjoin the Convalmore site.
Almost unknown during its operational lifetime, Convalmore’s deliciously old school waxy, fruity malt whisky was championed in the 1980s by indie bottlers including Gordon & MacPhail and Cadenhead’s. Convalmore’s first ever official bottling was a superb Rare Malts Edition in 2003, almost twenty years after the distillery had closed its doors, and subsequent Diageo Special Release Convalmores in 2005, 2013 and 2017 also met with universal acclaim.
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