Banff 35 Year Old Rarest of the Rare

Single cask #3352 Banff from Huntley's number one indy bottlers Duncan Taylor. Distilled November 1975 and bottled April 2011. 260 numbered bottles.

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Banff

The Mill of Banff malt whisky distillery was established by Major James McKilligan at Mains of Colleonard Farm just south of Banff in 1824 and acquired by James Simpson a local merchant and ship owner in 1852.  Mill of Banff Distillery closed in 1863 when Simpson’s son built a new distillery on a site to the west of Banff at Inverboyndie and named it Banff Distillery. Relocation enabled the opportunity to expand and take advantage of a plentiful supply of soft Speyside water and the new branch line connecting Banff to the main Inverness to Aberdeen railway. Despite surviving the ups and downs of the whisky industry Banff Distillery closed in 1983and partially demolished in 1985 but most of the rest of Banff Distillery came down during a fire in 1991 and although shells of a few warehouses are still standing Banff is a lost Highland malt whisky distillery.

Nose: Tropical fruits, soft smoke, white chocolate.  A touch earthy with pineapple juice. Palate: Syrupy, hint of spice.  Lots of fruits – mangos, lychee, sweet peat.  A touch of saltiness and grapefruit. Finish: Quite a lot of toffee, faint saltiness and lots of peaches.