Dumbarton 42 Year Old The Last Drop 1977

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£2,500.00

Dumbarton 42 Year Old The Last Drop 1977

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Dumbarton 42 Year Old The Last Drop 1977

HED56415

75 cl

48.4%

£2,500.00

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Dumbarton 42 Year Old The Last Drop 1977 is a rare single grain Scotch whisky from the Lowland region. Distilled in 1977 at the now-shuttered Dumbarton distillery, this spirit was matured for over four decades before being selected by The Last Drop Distillers. It possesses a remarkably creamy profile of butterscotch, coconut and tropical fruits, with a texture that is both dense and silken. The absence of malt allows the nuances of the grain and the American oak to take centre stage. This 42-year-old bottling is a tribute to a lost era of grain distilling, offering a level of complexity rarely found in this category.

1977

Single Grain Whisky

Dumbarton

Lowlands, Scotland

1 of 150 bottles

Dumbarton

A Silent Giant

When it was constructed in the 1930s, on the banks of the River Leven where it meets the Clyde, Dumbarton was the largest continuous grain distillery in Lowland Scotland. Its grain whisky was mostly reserved for the Ballantine’s blend. Although never officially bottled as a single grain, several independent bottlings were done by Douglas Laing and Hunter Laing.

In addition to producing prodigious amounts of grain spirit for its US owners Hiram Walker, Dumbarton distillery also housed the malt distilleries of Lomond (discontinued in 1985) and Inverleven (discontinued in 1991). Dumbarton itself was mothballed in 2002.

Aside from its association with Ballantine’s, Dumbarton is perhaps best-known for its ‘Scotch Watch’ – a gaggle of around 100 Chinese geese brought in by Hiram Walker in 1959 to guard the distillery’s bonded warehouses. These birds became so iconic that were incorporated into the advertising for the Ballantine’s brand.

Lowlands, Scotland

Dumbarton