NORTH PORT 1981

North Port 1981

Nose

Rich CITRUS aromas complement RED APPLE and BUTTERSCOTCH. APRICOT JAM intertwines with fragrant WALNUT, giving way to subtle AGED LEATHER.

Taste

Sweet TANGERINE ZEST combines with DESICCATED COCONUT and soft GINGER SPICE. DEMERARA SUGAR comes to the fore, leading to mature OAK.

Finish

A medium bodied, dry finish with BRAZIL NUT.

North Port

Single malts featuring the distillery’s original name, Brechin Distillery, are vanishingly rare. Founded in 1820 near Scotland’s east coast by three brothers, David, John and Alexander Guthrie, the distillery stood half a mile from the River Esk. It remained in family ownership for over a century, renamed North Port Distillery, before new owners closed its doors in 1928. It reopened after the Second World War only to fall silent again in 1983, with the site demolished in 1994.

Whisky writer, Michael Jackson, described its spirit as ‘dry and fruity’ and this whisky, matured in a Gordon & MacPhail cask, is a forgotten masterpiece that revives the spirit of a bygone age.