Convalmore 1977 - 28 Year Old - Special Releases 2005

INFORMATION

Convalmore 1977 - 2005. 28 Year Old. Bottled by Diageo for their Special Releases in 2005. One of 3900 bottles. 70cl. 57.9%.

DISTILLERY:Convalmore

DISTILLERY STATUS:Closed

Bottle ABV:57.9%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

Bottle PRODUCED:3,900

BOTTLER:Distillery Bottling

SPIRIT TYPE:Scotland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK TYPE:Single Malt

REGION:Speyside

DISTILLED YEAR:1977

BOTTLING DATE::2005

AGE:28

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.