Ben Nevis 1970

37 year old Highland 50.9 % vol

1 of only 135 bottles from cask no. 4642

A welcome return to our ‘single blend’ – that will confuse the legislators who are currently tinkering with Scotch whisky definitions! Joseph Hobbs, a colourful Scots Canadian who had bought Ben Nevis
Distillery just before WWII, installed a patent still there beside the pot stills in 1955, making both grain and malt whisky – hence the possibility of a blended whisky from a single distillery. It is fabulous! Deep amber in colour, with a nose of macerated plums,
cherries and soft fruits, and a curious medicinal note behind (Friar’s Balsam and eucalyptus), permeated by sandalwood. The flavour is sweet and medicinal at natural strength. Water makes it slightly ‘piggy’ for
a moment, then it resumes its medicinal character (now joined by gun-stock oil), with boiled fruit sweets. The taste is sweet then dry with a long finish. Most unusual.

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