Hillside 25 Year Old 1970 Rare Malts - 70cl 60.1%

Hillside 25 Year Old 1970 Rare Malts - 70cl 60.1%

£799.99
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Hillside 25 Year Old 1970 Rare Malts - 70cl 60.1%
  • Hillside 25 Year Old 1970 Rare Malts - 70cl 60.1%
  • Hillside 25 Year Old 1970 Rare Malts - 70cl 60.1%
Hillside 25 Year Old 1970 Rare Malts - 70cl 60.1%

Hillside 25 Year Old 1970 Rare Malts - 70cl 60.1%

£799.99
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Tasting Journey

Age 25 Year Old
Distillery Glenesk
Region Highlands
Style Malt and Scotch
Colour

Burnished

Nose

Aromas of gooseberry, pear, hint of ginger, light toffee, sage and eucalyptus.

Palate

Taste of raisins, cardamom, candied ginger, oak spices, marzipan, a buttery taste and light peak smoke.

Finish

Long warming finish with lingering spices, oak tannins and a touch of mint.

About This Whisky

Hillside 25 Year Old 1970 Rare Malts is a rare and highly sought-after Single Malt Scotch Whisky. Distilled in 1970 at the now closed Hillside (Glenesk) distillery, this whisky was bottled after 25 years of maturation, likely in 1995 as part of the Diego Rare Malts Selection. This release is considered a collector's item, both due to the closure of the Hillside distillery in 1985 and its inclusion in the rare malt series. The high cask strength, long maturation and historical significance make it a prized bottle for whisky enthusiasts.

About Glenesk

Glenesk Distillery

In its time, this distillery in Montrose on the easy coast has been a malt and grain distillery. Established on the site of a former flax mill, it commenced life in 1897 as Highland Esk under the ownership of Dundee wine and spirit merchant James Isles.

With expansion of other grain distilleries and a need for malt whisky in the 1960s, the distillery was changed back into a malt plant in 1964. This obviously necessitated another name change, this time to Hillside. Four years later, a large drums maltings was built alongside which was then further expanded in 1973.

For some as yet inexplicable reason in 1980, its name was changed yet again – this time to Glenesk and it operated for a final five years before being closed, and then demolished for housing.

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