Auchentoshan 1973, 29 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 55.80% 8 The chestnut colour betrays the time this whisky has spent in oak. I have tasted much woodier whiskies - but not oakier Auchentoshans.

Bowmore 29 Years Old, 1981
Single Malt - Scotland - 49.60% 7 That perfume problem that bedevils old MBD malts knocks this back.

Bowmore 29 Years Old, 1982
Single Malt - Scotland - 47.30% 7 One of those Bowmores.

Cadenhead's Loch Lomond 1974, 29 Years Old, Chairmans Stock
Single Malt - Scotland - 54.40% 7 The brilliant greeny-gold colour sets a summery mood. Remarkably fresh. Drier than other Inchmurrins I have tasted. Green salad rather than the more usual tropical fruit salad.

Cask Collection Glenlivet 1977 29 Years old
Single Malt - Scotland - 47.20% 8 A well-balanced dram. The age speaks but it has kept a vigorous freshness.

Cragganmore 29 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 52.50% 8 At this age, more complex and elegant than ever. No obvious sherry.

Dalwhinnie 29 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 57.80% 7 Seems to have become more lively with age.

Dewar Rattray Dufftown 1975, 29 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00% 8 With some Dufftowns you are glad when you've had enough. This is a well-made example which has been matched by very good bourbon wood.

Dewar Rattray Glenglassaugh 1976 29 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 53.00% 7 Of interest, but not great.

Glen Garioch 1968, 29 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 56.30% 8 With its chestnut colour and highly distinctive flavours, this is a wonderfully wintery whisky.

Glenfarclas The Family Casks 1983 29 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 51.00% 7 This whisky is a ‘whispering' one. Delicate, elegant but maybe a bit shy.

Glenturret 29 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 55.60% 8 An underrated distillery which, when on form, is up there with the best. More please!

Hart Brothers Glen Grant 1972, 29 Years Old Sherrywood
Single Malt - Scotland - 53.60% 7 Glen Grant was one of the first malts to be bottled as a single malt, in the days when light-tasting spirits were often filled into heavy sherry casks. I have always felt that this overwhelms the spir...

Inchgower 1982
Single Malt - Scotland - 53.90% 7 I'm an Inchgower fan but I'd want more from a whisky of this age.

Old & Rare Highland Park 29 Years Old 1978
Single Malt - Scotland - 56.70% 8 Old, slightly grumbly but fascinating. Highly recommended.

Port Ellen 29 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 55.30% 8 That dram gives you a briny hug. It warms you without burning. A zesty queen of the Hebrides.

Scott's Selection Aultmore 1982 29 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 58.40% 8 Well-made and well-matured.

Signatory Silent Stills Glencadam 29 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 52.50% 7 This whisky used to remind me of strawberry shortcake. This bottling turns me toward tiramisu.