Old Pulteney 26 years old DL11401 - b. 1990s - 70cl - 1 bottles

Old Pulteney Limited Edition 1990 Vintage is as unexpected as its 1989 Vintage cousin - the typical distillery characteristics of salinity, apple and sweet honey are present and correct, but they’ve been wrapped up in appreciable, but largely sympathetic peat smoke. This helps amplify the spirit’s natural coastalness with plenty of sharp minerality, but it comes at the expense of the natural creaminess of the spirit, which only really resurfaces when diluted. Two decades+ of maturation have resulted in natural fruitiness and complexity, but, there are times when I’m left wondering what this whisky would be like sans the additional peaty cask influence.