Glenmorangie 1977 21 Year Old / 1998 Edition

Despite being owned by blenders, MacDonald & Muir, for most of the 20th century, Glenmorangie had an early focus on bottling its single malt. Some records show that its single malt was being sold as early as the late 19th century. This became the distillery's main output in 1959, and with the unique flavours derived from Scotland's tallest stills, coupled with their pioneering use of wood finishing, Glenmorangie is now one of the world's biggest selling malts. As a result, the distillery portfolio over the years has been extensive, and little has been spared for independent bottlers.

This Glenmorangie was distilled in 1977 and matured for 21 years. Interestingly there are several other bottlings, all 1977 vintage and 21 years old but with different bottling years, as a proportion of the whisky in the later bottlings had been stored in vats.

This particular bottle was filled in 1998.