90+ list

Tasting and scoring whisky is quite personal, and the same whisky can appeal less or more at different moments. So don’t take this ranking too serious. A 90+ score simply means a whisky was able to make my day.

95

Brora 30yo 1976 (55,1%, DL Platinum 2007, cask #0041, 104 btl.)
Karuizawa 42yo 1967 (58,4%, OB 2009 for LMdW & TWE, cask #6426)
Laphroaig 1964 (43%, Berry Bros & Rudd 1981, 75 cl)
Longmorn 37 yo 1972 (51,3%, Whisky Agency 2010, 231 btl.)
Macallan 1955 (80° proof, OB +/- 1973, Campbell Hope & King, 75 cl)
Mortlach 35 yo 1936 (43%, G&M CC for Pinerolo Import 1972, 75 cl)
Port Ellen 31 yo 1978 ‘10th release’ (54,6%, OB 2010, 3000 btl.)

94

Ardbeg 28 yo 1972 (50,1%, DLfor Alambic Classique 2000, 234 btl.)
Bowmore 32y 1968 ‘Anniversary edition’ (45,5%, OB 2001, 1860 btl.)
Brora 29 yo 1972 (59,5%, Douglas Laing Platinum 2002, 240 btl.)
Brora 30 Years (55,7%, OB 2007, 6th Edition, 2958 btl.)
Brora 32 Years (54,7%, OB 2011, 10th Edition, 1500 btl.)
Laphroaig 10 yo (91,4 US Proof, OB 1968, The Carlton Company)
Longmorn 23 yo 1969 (61,2%, G&M Cask 1993, cask #3721 & 5297 btl.)
Longmorn 35 yo 1976 (53,6%, Perfect Dram 2011, bourbon, 187 btl.)
Springbank 21yo (46%, OB mid 90’s, jagged parchment label)
GlenDronach 1972 (54,8%, OB 2009, oloroso cask #719, 474 btl.)
Port Ellen 28 yo 1979 7th release (54,7%, OB 2007)

93

BenRiach 35 yo 1975 (51%, OB for Asta Morris 2011, cask #7227, 236 btl.)
BenRiach 1976 #3558 (47,4%, OB for The Whisky Fair 2009)
Caol Ila 1969 (54,6%, Gordon & MacPhail for Meregalli 1986, Celtic label)
Caperdonich 38 yo 1972 (58,4%, Whisky Agency 2011, 145 btl.)
Caperdonich 38 yo 1972 (53,6%, Duncan Taylor RoR 2011, #7460, 160 btl.)
Clynelish 12y (57%, G&M 1980’s – Ainslie & Heilbron)
Glen Garioch 32 yo 1971 (44,6%, OB, hogshead #2041 for Taiwan)
GlenDronach 39 yo 1972 (49,9%, OB 2011, oloroso cask #712, 466 btl.)
Glenfarclas 1968 (51%, OB 2009, Family cask #699, Lindores)
Glenfarclas 1968 (49,7%, OB 2010 for Thosop, cask #702 & 5240)
Glenfarclas 1968 (47,5%, OB 2011, Manzanilla cask #697, 133 btl.)
Glen Grant 40 yo 1959 / 1997 (48,9%, Whisky Club Austria 2007, 22 btl.)
Glen Keith 40 yo 1970 (45,1%, Whisky Agency Landscapes 2010, 215 btl.)
Glen Keith 40 yo 1970 (47,9%, Malts of Scotland 2011, #6042, 163 btl.)
Port Ellen 28y 1979 (53,7%, Norse Cask Selection 2007, 277 btl.)
Port Ellen 27 yo 1982 (57,3%, Whisky-Fässle 2010)
Port Ellen 26 yo 1983 (54,6%, DT RoR 2010, cask #674, 282 btl.)
St Magdalene 18 yo 1964 (40%, G&M brown label 1983, 75 cl.)
Strathisla 48 yo 1963 (51,8%, G&M for The Whisky Fair, sherry butt #576)

92

Ardbeg 1998 (54%, OB 2009, Cask #1189, Feis Isle 2009, 252 btl.)
Ardbeg 31yo 1975 (53,7%, OB 2006, cask #1378, 453 btl)
Ardbeg Lord of the Isles 25 yo (46%, OB 2007)
Ben Nevis 34 yo 1975 (63%, Prestonfield 2009, #7439, 146 btl.)
BenRiach 38 yo 1970 (49,1%, OB 2009, PX finish, cask #1035)
BenRiach 1976 #3550 (46,2%, OB for The Whisky Fair 2009)
BenRiach 33 yo 1977 (45,7%, OB for Asta Morris 2011, cask #9119, 175 btl.)
BenRiach 32 yo 1978 (48%, OB for Asta Morris 2011, sherry #7037, 79 btl.)
Bunnahabhain 43 yo 1967 (40,5%, Whisky Agency 2010,  139 btl.)
Bunnahabhain 41 yo 1968 (40%, MoS 2010, hogshead #12291, 164 btl.)
Bunnahabhain 43 yo 1968 (43,8%, Whisky-Fässle 2011, Whiskybase)
Caol Ila 1996 (58%, OB 2009, Cask #19313, Feis Isle 2009)
Clynelish 31 yo 1972 (57,8%, SMWS 2004, 26.33)
Clynelish 37 yo (46%, TWE 10th Anniversary 2009)
Duncan Taylor 70th Anniversary Malt 41 yo 1967 (46,3%, 2008)
Glen Grant 36 yo 1972 (56,3%, Duncan Taylor for Whisky Fair 2009)
Glen Grant 39 yo 1972 (48%, Whisky-Doris 2011, #11395, 163 btl.)
Glen Grant 39 yo 1972 (53,2%, TWA Perfect Dram 2011, 119 btl.)
GlenDronach 38 yo 1972 (51,5%, OB 2010, sherry #718, 396 btl.)
Glenrothes 39yo 1969 (42,7%, Duncan Taylor Lonach 2008)
Glenugie 27yo 1982 (50%, DL OMC 2009, cask #5040, 216 btl.)
Glenugie 32 yo 1977 ‘Deoch an Doras’ (55,48%, OB 2010, 500 btl.)
Glenfarclas 42yo 1966 (44,4%, SMWS 2008, 1.146, 76 btl.)
Karuizawa 1976 Noh (63%, No1 Drinks 2009, cask #6719)
Lochside 46 yo 1965 (52,3%, Adelphi 2011, #6778, 499 btl.)
Longmorn 35 yo 1975 (44%, Nectar of the Daily Drams 2010)
Longmorn 35 yo 1976 (53%, Thosop, bourbon barrel, 134 btl.)
Miltonduff 37 yo 1971 (40%, Duncan Taylor Lonach 2008)
Nikka Yoichi 1991 (58%, OB 2009 for LMdW, cask #129374)
Port Ellen 9th release 30yo 1979 (57,7%, OB 2009, 5916 btl.)
Port Ellen 27 yo 1982 (53%, Daily Dram 2010)
Port Ellen 28yo 1982 (57,5%, Whiskysite.nl / QV.ID 2010, 136 btl.)
Port Ellen 26 yo 1983 (53,5%, Thosop 2009, cask #221)
Port Ellen 28 yo 1983 (58,9%, Malts of Scotland 2011, 267 btl.)
Port Ellen 27 yo 1983 (55,5%, The Whiskyman 2011, 120 btl.)
Port Ellen PE1 (58,7%, Elements of Islay 2009
Strathisla 49 yo 1960 (53,2%, G&M for The Whisky Fair 2010)
Strathmill 37 yo 1974 (44,4%, Daily Dram 2011)

91

Ardbeg 1975 (40%, Jas. Gordon & Co. 1989, Auxil France, 75 cl)
Ardbeg 20 yo 1991 (48,4%, MoS Hotel Bero 2011, sherry #11003, 240 btl.)
Ardbeg 1998 (54,7%, OB 2009, Cask #1190, Feis Isle 2009, 282 btl.)
Balvenie ‘Tun 1401’ (50,6%, OB 2011, batch 2, 2226 btl.)
Banff 34 yo 1975 (44,1%, A.D. Rattray 2010, bourbon cask #3354, 250 btl.)
BenRiach 34 yo 1976 (57,8%, OB 2011, butt #6942, 469 btl.)
BenRiach 33 yo 1977 (52,2%, OB 2010, #1033, PX finish, 331 btl.)
BenRiach 30 yo 1980 (51,2%, OB 2010, #2532, Virgin Oak, 181 btl.)
Bowmore 1995 13y (56,4%, SMoS 2008, sherry butt n°419, 627 btl.)
Brora 21 yo 1977 (56,9%, Rare Malts 1998)
Brora 28 yo 1981 (57,4%, DL Platinum 2009, 93 bottles)
Bunnahabhain 34y 1974 (59,3%, Whisky Agency 2008, 300 btl.)
Bunnahabhain 35y 1974 (56,6%, Adelphi 2009, cask #4780)
Caol Ila 21 yo 1984 (58,5%, DR for The Nectar 2006, #6266, 251 btl.)
Caperdonich 36yo 1972 (47,8%, DTRA 2009, cask #7449, 158 btl.)
Cardhu 27 yo 1984 (52,6%, TWA ‘Funghi’ 2011, ex-bourbon, 199 btl.)
Clynelish 38 yo 1972 (46,2%, Whisky-Fässle 2010)
Clynelish 27 yo 1982 (51,5%, Malts of Scotland 2010, cask #5895)
Clynelish 28 yo 1982 (53,7%, Malts of Scotland 2011, 275 btl.)
Craigellachie 25 yo 1984 (53,7%, Whisky Agency 2009, 256 btl.)
GlenDronach 39 yo 1971 (48,8%, OB 2010, Oloroso #489, 541 btl.)
Glenfarclas 40 yo (46%, OB 2010)
Glen Garioch 1971 (43,9%, OB for TWE 2011, cask #2037, 194 btl.)
Glen Grant 39 yo 1972 (51,4%, TWA ‘Private Stock’ 2011, sherry, 87 btl.)
Glengoyne 36yo 1973 (55,1%, MoS 2009, cask #677, 138 btl.)
Glengoyne 37 yo 1972 (52%, Nectar of the Daily Drams 2010)
Glen Keith 19 yo 1990 (52,1%, Malts of Scotland 2010, cask 13678)
Glenrothes 1970 (47,9%, DT for The Nectar 2009, cask #10567)
Glenury Royal 37 yo 1973 (43%, TWA & The Nectar 2011, 146 btl.)
Highland Park 21y (47,5%, OB 2007)
House of Peers 25y (40%, Douglas Agency Glasgow, 1955)
Isle of Jura 23 yo 1988 (52,9%, TWA ‘Romantique’ 2011, 201 btl.)
Karuizawa 1972 36y (65%, OB 2008, cask #7290, 528 btl.)
Karuizawa Wait La Mazurka 31 yo 1977 (62,7%, Daily Dram 2009)
Karuizawa 32 yo 1977 (60,7%, OB 2010, cask 4592, 190 btl.)
Lochside 46 yo 1964 (42,1%, TWE 2011, cask #8970, 139 btl.)
Longmorn 39yo 1969 (57,7%, G&M for TWE 2009, cask #5305)
Longmorn 28 yo 1974 (46%, Scottish Castles 2003, cask #3495)
Longmorn 35 yo 1975 (50,5%, Nectar of the Daily Drams 2011)
Longmorn 35 yo 1975 (48,8%, Whisky-Fässle 2010, cask #2943)
Longmorn 34yo 1976 (51,5%, Malts of Scotland 2011, cask #5892)
Longmorn 34yo 1976 (50,2%, The Whisky Agency ‘Landscapes’ 2010)
Longmorn 1990 (46%, Berry Brothers 2005, cask #30111)
Macallan Speymalt 1970 (46%, G&M for LMdW 2009, sherry butt)
Master of Malt Speyside 50 yo (40%, Master of Malt 2009)
Port Ellen 24 yo 1979 3rd release (57,3%, OB 2003)
Port Ellen 1979 (54,1%, The Whisky Show 2009, 60 btl.)
Port Ellen 29yo 1979 (52%, Lindores 2009, cask #1654, 11 btl.)
Port Ellen 27 yo 1982 (55,2%, DL OMC 2009, ref. DL 4904, 133 btl.)
Talisker 30yo (53,1%, OB 2009, 3000 btl.)
Tomatin 34 yo 1976 (51%, Daily Dram 2010, sherry butt)
Tomatin 34 yo 1976 (51,3%, Whisky Agency ‘Grotesque Crocs’ 2011)
Tomatin 34 yo 1976 (48,7%, Liquid Sun 2011, sherry butt, 366 btl.)

90

Balmenach 31yo 1975 (43%, Gordon & MacPhail 2007)
Banff 24 yo 1976 (55,8%, Signatory Vintage 2001, cask #2251, 284 btl.)
Ben Nevis 42 yo 1966 (40,6%, Alchemist 2008)
BenRiach 30 yo 1979 (47,9%, OB 2010,  cask #7511, 173 btl.)
Bowmore 16 yo 1993 (53,5%, Whisky-Fässle 2010, 226 btl.)
Bowmore 17 yo 1993 (53,7%, Thosop 2010, bourbon cask 477, 198 btl.)
Bowmore 18 yo 1993 (61,6%, TWE ‘Masterpieces’ 2011, 195 btl.)
Brora 30yo 8th release (53,2%, OB 2009, 2652 btl.)
Brora 20 yo 1982 (58,1%, Rare Malts 2003)
Bunnahabhain 41 yo 1967 (41,1%, MoS 2010, hogshead #3315, 147 btl.)
Bunnahabhain 43 yo 1968 (45,7%, TWA 2011, ex-bourbon hogshead, 211 btl.)
Caol Ila 1975 20y (61,2%, Rare Malts 1996)
Caol Ila 32 yo 1979 (52%, TWA & The Nectar 2011, bourbon, 242 btl.)
Caol Ila 27 yo 1982 (62,4%, Whisky Agency 2009, bourbon, 108 btl.)
Clynelish 12yo 1996 (58,1%, Malts of Scotland 2009, 304 btl.)
Clynelish 27 yo 1982 (53,9%, Whisky Agency 2009, 240 btl.)
Cragganmore 12 yo 1997 ‘Manager’s Choice’ (59,7%, OB 2009, #2398)
Glen Albyn 1974 (58,9%, Clydesdale 2008, cask #0016/1601)
Glen Elgin 31 yo 1975 (46%, Berry Bros. & Rudd 2007)
Glen Grant 38 yo 1972 (48,2%, MoS 2011, sherry #8235, 148 btl.)
Glen Spey 31 yo 1977 (55,8%, MoS 2009, cask #3656, 210 btl.)
Glenallachie 38 yo 1973 (44%, MoS 2011, bourbon, 125 btl.)
Glencadam 37 yo 1974 (41,5%, Whisky-Fässle 2011, refill sherry)
GlenDronach 19 yo 1992 (59,2%, OB 2011, oloroso butt #161, 500 btl.)
Glenglassaugh 31 yo 1967 (55,8%, Silent Stills 1998, cask #2893)
Glengoyne 36yo 1972 (52,8%, MoS 2009, cask #3195, 305 btl.)
Glenrothes 35 yo 1970 (43,5%, DTRA 2006, cask #10574, 162 btl.)
Glenrothes 41 yo 1970 (47,7%, TWA ‘Romantique’ 2011, 197 btl.)
Glenrothes 1979 (43%, OB 1994)
Glenury Royal 23 yo 1971 (61,3%, Rare Malts 1995)
Hakushu 20 yo 1989 (62%, OB 2009 for TWE, cask #9O 50021)
Hanyu 21 yo 1988 (55,6%, No.1 Drinks 2009, sherry #9306, 625 btl.)
Highland Park 30 yo 1981 (52,2%, TWA ‘Fungi’ 2011, bourbon, 198 btl.)
Inchgower 35 yo 1974 (57%, Thosop 2009, 42 btl.)
Inchgower 36 yo 1974 (55,5%, Whisky-Doris 2010, cask #1476, 167 btl.)
Inchgower 36 yo 1974 (53,4%, Master of Malt 2011, refill sherry)
Inchgower 28 yo 1982 (56,6%, Whisky-Doris 2010, cask #6971, 192 btl.)
Karuizawa 1968 (61,1%, OB 2010 LMdW, sherry cask #6955, 210 btl.)
Laphroaig 10yo 1998 (55,5%, MoS 2009, sherry cask #MoS 15, 201 btl.)
Laphroaig 12yo 1996 (58,5%, MoS 2009, cask #5382, 243 btl.)
Laphroaig 20 yo 1990 (52,6%, Malts of Scotland 2011, #2229, 178 btl.)
Laphroaig 20 yo 1990 (56,3%, The Whisky Agency ‘Perfect Dram’, 237 btl.)
Laphroaig 20 yo 1990 (47,3%, Whisky-Doris 2011, #10873, 225 btl.)
Laphroaig 20 yo 1991 (53,3%, Liquid Sun 2011, sherry hogshead, 279 btl.)
Littlemill 21 yo 1989 (51,3%, Whisky Agency ‘Grotesque Crocs’, 239 btl.)
Lochside 1981 (50,5%, Thosop 2010, refill sherry, 206 btl.)
Lochside 29 yo 1981 (57,5%, The Whisky Exchange 2010, oloroso cask)
Longmorn 32 yo 1976 (54,7%, Whisky-Fässle 2008, bourbon hogshead)
Macallan ‘Speymalt’ 1970 (46%, G&M for LMdW 2010, sherry #10031)
Mannochmore 18 yo 1990 (54,9%, OB 2009, 2604 btl.)
Port Ellen 29 yo 1982 (58,5%, Whisky-Doris 2011, cask #18, 212 btl.)
Springbank 1992 ‘Peat-smoked’ (46%, Berry Bros & Rudd 2011, cask #61)
Strathisla 40 yo 1970 (59,6%, MoS & TWA 2011, sherry, 109 btl.)
Teaninich 23y 1972 (64,95%, Rare Malts 1996)
Tomatin 31y 1976 (49,6%, Scotch Single Malt Circle 2008, 336 btl.)
Tomatin 1965 ‘Oat Mint’ (48,1%, Daily Dram 2009, 210 btl.)
Undisclosed Speysider 30 yo (40%, Master of Malt 2008, 2nd Edition)
Yamazaki 18 yo (43%, OB 2008, L8CP3)

Trivia

The oldest whisky sampled to date… (in years)
Master of Malt Speyside 50 yo (40%, Master of Malt 2009)

The oldest whisky sampled to date… (back in time)
A Mortlach 1936 by Gordon & MacPhail bottled in 1972.
Also, Glen Grant 21 yo (G&M 70°proof) distilled around 1940
And the Haig Gold Label bottled in the 1940′s

The most expensive whisky sampled to date…
Glenglassaugh 40y (44,6%, OB 2009, 225 btl.) – around € 1700