Browse our whisky database by the whisky vintage. This is the year the whisk(e)y was distilled.
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Scotch Malt Whisky Society Highland Park 1970, 4.73
Single Malt - Scotland - 52.50%
9 Not as sophisticated as the distillery bottlings, but robustly salty, earthy and peaty. Good characteristics, but in this bottling they mask the maltiness and sherry character. I wonder whether all is...
Adelphi Glen Grant 1970, 27 Years Old, Cask 7638
Single Malt - Scotland - 56.90%
7 Enough character and complexity to withstand the heavy oakiness, but beginning to show its age.
Adelphi Glen Grant 1970, 31 Years Old, Cask 1036
Single Malt - Scotland - 55.40%
7 The better balanced of these two Glen Grants. The more integrated flavours. Seems to have matured better.
Bruichladdich 1970
Single Malt - Scotland - 44.20%
8 Lively, expressive, enjoyable.
Cooper's Choice Dallas Dhu 1970, 32 Years Old
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00%
8 Delicious Dallas Dhu does it again. How long can this go on?
Duncan Taylor Glen Grant 1970, Speyside Region Selection No 2
Single Malt - Scotland - 51.70%
7 A lot of cask here but strangely subtle for such a heavy beast.
Glenfarclas 1970 Sherry Hogshead
Single Malt - Scotland - 51.70%
8 That old timer has surprisingly kept a high strength and a vibrant character. Oak is overwhelming but in an elegant way. That could be an old cognac.
Highland Park 1970 Vintage
Single Malt - Scotland - 48.00%
9 A slow, learned intellectual of a malt. If you are going to put out a 40yo,
here's the benchmark.
Rare Old Highland Park 1970
Single Malt - Scotland - 40.00%
8 Disappointing. Where is the richness, and especially the island character?
The Almond Tree Campbeltown 1970
Single Malt - Scotland - 46.00%
8 Great balance. Worth a look.
The Balvenie 1970 Vintage Cask
Single Malt - Scotland - 44.60%
9 Extraordinarily distinctive. All the characteristics I expect in Balvenie, but I have never experienced them in such a concentrated intensity.
The Glenlivet 1970 Vintage
Single Malt - Scotland - 56.58%
8 Enjoyable, but I expected a little more.
The Macallan 1970, 32 Years Old, Vintage
Single Malt - Scotland - 54.90%
8 Still recognisably Macallan, but the dark claret colour sounded a wood warning. I am forgiving of woodiness, but this approached my limits. Other malt-lovers may be more tolerant.
Wemyss Vintage Malts The Almond Tree
- Scotland - 46.00%
8 Quietly understated. An Edinburgh lawyer (but with a personality).


