Auchentoshan 1976 40 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 41.60% 7 Old but still fresh. All very discreet. At its best neat.

Black Bull 40 Years Old
Blended - Scotland - 40.20% 8 A delicate yet full of character old whisky. Like walking in a flower garden at springtime.

Black Bull 40 Years Old 3rd Release
Blended - Scotland - 41.50% 8 A classic old Speysider? Mature and lively at the same time. Really a perfect achievement.

Black Bull 40 Years Old Batch No. 2
Blended - Scotland - 41.90% 9 A pure beauty. The age without the wrinkles...

Bowmore 40 Years Old, 1969
Single Malt - Scotland - 44.80% 9 Superb balance. Classic distillery character retained after four decades - no mean achievement.

Dewar Rattray Invergordon 40 Years Old
Single Grain - Scotland - 48.10% 8 A strange, huge, dark and dense whisky. Try with Pecan pie or scallops seared in burnt butter. Surely a nod to the Ozarks?

Duncan Taylor Glenrothes Octave Range 40 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 45.80% 9 Give it time. Balanced, complex and recommended.

Duncan Taylor Invergordon 40 Years Old
Single Grain - Scotland - 50.30% 8 An interesting profile. Well matured. The butyric note on the nose does not echo on the palate.

Duncan Taylor Invergordon 40 Years Old
Single Grain - Scotland - 49.00% 7 Want to get bourbon drinkers into whisky, give ‘em grain! Maybe not 40 Years Old grain but it could be the way in.

Glenfarclas 105 40 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 60.00% 7 The nose was promising but the palate is too woody for me. And the alcohol is not mastered.

Glenfarclas 40 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00% 8 Fantastic nose, but loses it on the palate.

Glenfarclas 40 Years Old, Millennium Edition
Single Malt - Scotland - 54.70% 9 Some of the voluptuousness has sagged with age.

Glenfiddich 40 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 43.60% 9 This is an urbane whisky that will not easily reveal itself. Take your time with it. Enjoy its company.

Glenfiddich 40 Years Old, Rare Collection
Single Malt - Scotland - 44.00% 8 Extraordinary flavour development. An astonishingly complex whisky.

Glenury Royal 40 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 59.40% 8 Yes there's oak but it's old! It is also beautifully balanced.

Gordon & MacPhail Inverleven 1990, 40 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 0.00% 7 The nose is appealing but the palate far tougher. Water eases the release of grassy notes. But the aromatic profile keeps shallow.

Hankey Bannister 40 Years Old
Blended - Scotland - 43.00%

Hankey Bannister 40 Years Old
Blended - Scotland - 44.00% Multi-award winning –and you can see why. Mature, complex and elegant.

Highland Park 40 Years Old
- Scotland - 48.30% 9 A stunningly great whisky. One of the finest I've had for a considerable time.

Secret Bottlings Series 40 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 40.00% 8 A beautiful dram but just on the edge of having spent too long in cask.

Single Malts of Scotland Balblair 40 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 42.80% 8 Old and complex but keeping fit. A rich character, to be enjoyed right now.

The Whisky Exchange Balblair 40 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 47.20% 8 Yet another superb Balblair which chimes perfectly with the official bottlings.

Tomatin 1967 40 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 42.90% 8 A fantastic mature dram. A revelation.

Whyte & Mackay Original 40 Years Old
Blended - Scotland - 45.00% 8 Not exactly subtle,but one hell of a mouthful.Great blending.