Distilled: April 1969
Bottled: September 2005
Cask type: Refill Fino Sherry
Cask number: 793
Number of bottles in release: 540

From the Chieftain's Range of Rare Single Malt Scotch Whiskies

•Since 1936, Ian Macleod Distillers, through its dedication to tradition and quality, has amassed an unrivalled cask stock from Scotland's many distilleries. This enviable collection includes extremely rare malts, some from closed or mothballed distilleries. The Chieftain's collection hallmark is that each bottling must be fit for a King, a Leader or in the Celtic world, a Chieftain

•The small batch releases of Chieftain's are selected for the Spring and Autumn collections each year with a variety of distilleries, vintages, wood maturations and strengths being made available

•Chieftain's is bottled at natural colour and unchill-filtered to preserve all the natural esthers of the whisky for fuller flavour and smoother taste.

•Each Chieftain's bottling has its own personality and may vary in strength, colour and style. From the very pale, bourbon cask matured to the very amber sherry cask matured

•When finishing the whisky in a variety of wood, each cask is checked and selected by expert noses and released only when it has reached its peak and has not masked the personality of the original spirit