the rarest
collection
The Rarest Collection not only is the pinnacle of the casks available to Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky Ltd but also of the foresight of our current Chairman Euan C. Shand and that of the previous owner of the business, an American business by the name of Abe Rosenberg.
The business is now the proud owner of one the largest privately held Scotch Whisky collections in the world.
Rarest of the rare
port ellen
AGED 40 YEARS
Duncan Taylor Scotch Whisky Ltd, announces the release of a highly prestigious malt from its ‘Rarest Collection’ – a Port Ellen 40-year-old single malt whisky distilled on March 16th, 1983 and bottled on. Available globally, this limited release of 209 bottles comes from cask number 667, one of the last batches of Port Ellen production and mere weeks before the distillery closed its doors for the last time in May of the same year.
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Rarest of the rare
KINCLAITH
Kinclaith’s origins date back as far as 1957. Located on the south side of the River Clyde, this small malt distillery was housed within the massive Strathclyde grain distillery complex. The vital ingredients were all locally sourced, and the liquid matured in a combination of American and European Oak casks. Despite only producing for 18 years, Kinclaith remains the most elusive of all of Scotland's lowland distilleries.
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CAPERDONICH
Built in 1898 Caperdonich was originally known as Glen Grant no.2 with the spirit being used to support its more well-known namesakes nearby. Whilst having the same equipment and water source it produced a different spirit, closed after only a few years in 1902 the distillery remained silent for the next six decades before being brought back to life. With the installation of new distilling technology and renamed Caperdonich, the distillery moved forward. Sadly the site was closed for good in 2002 with the last building being removed in 2011, much of the distilling equipment is now fitted into other distilleries so the legacy of Caperdonich lives on.
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