Bruichladdich 1970 Vintage

The 1970 vintage is a legendary Bruichladdich, scoring 95 points on WhiskyFun.

Only 4,200 bottles were released in 2002 after being matured entirely in ex-bourbon casks.

Like its Islay neighbour Bunnahabhain, Bruichladdich has traditionally been an un-peated single malt, mostly owing to its requirements by the blenders who owned it. The last of these was Whyte and Mackay, who eventually shut it down in 1995, deeming it surplus to requirements. They sold the distillery to Murray McDavid in 2001, who launched the peated Port Charlotte and heavily-peated Octomore single malts in 2006 and 2008. A recommissioned Lomond still also now produces the popular Botanist gin there.

This is one of the earliest releases from the Murray McDavid era.