North Port 20 Year Old 1979 Rare Malts - 70cl 61.2%

North Port 20 Year Old 1979 Rare Malts - 70cl 61.2%

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North Port 20 Year Old 1979 Rare Malts - 70cl 61.2%
  • North Port 20 Year Old 1979 Rare Malts - 70cl 61.2%
  • North Port 20 Year Old 1979 Rare Malts - 70cl 61.2%
North Port 20 Year Old 1979 Rare Malts - 70cl 61.2%

North Port 20 Year Old 1979 Rare Malts - 70cl 61.2%

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Tasting Journey

Age 20 Year Old
Distillery North Port
Region Highlands
Cask Type Oak Cask
Style Malt and Scotch
Colour

Deep Gold

Nose

Aromas of fresh hay, honey, oak and vanilla.

Palate

Taste of apples, pears, oak, minty chocolate, apricots and pineapple.

Finish

Warm powerful astringent tannic finish, with hints of oak and charred wood.

About This Whisky

North Port 20 Year Old 1979 Rare Malts was distilled in 1979, it was bottled at 20 Years old at the natural cask strength of 61.2%. This series was created by United Distillers, using bottlings from mostly closed distilleries in 1995. The single malts were distilled between the late 60’s and early 80’s maturing for at least 18 years each and some even reaching 30 years. Due to the great success of this, an annual release was formed, aptly named “Special Releases” in 2001. Distilleries on that list include Benrinnes, Brora, Linkwood & Teaninich. This single malt is from the closed distillery, North Port, that was demolished in 1983. 

About North Port

North Port Distillery

During the 19th century the principle trade of the town and former royal burgh of Brechin in Angus was textile manufacturing, much of which was exported to France. However Brechin was also home to two breweries and two distilleries – Glencadam, which was built in 1825 by George Cooper, and Brechin distillery, which was founded five years earlier by three of the Guthrie brothers. Brechin distillery prevailed and remained in family ownership for around 100 years. At some point during the 19th century the family changed the distillery’s name to North Port, referencing a nearby gate in the wall that once surrounded the town (Brechin is still a town, despite having a cathedral) In 1922 the distillery, which could produce 450,000 litres of spirit per year, was bought by Distillers Company Ltd. (DCL) and W.H. Holt & Co. Ltd. It was transferred to DCL’s Scottish Malt Distillers in the same year. North Port gained a second wind in the mid-1900s but became one of the nine DCL distilleries to close in 1983 as a response to widespread excess stocks in the market.
The distillery’s buildings were gradually dismantled piece by piece until it was finally demolished in 1994.

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