Dallas Dhu 1974 Gordon & Macphail Connoisseurs Choice Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (1996) 5cl Miniature

Dallas Dhu 1974 Gordon & Macphail Connoisseurs Choice Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky (1996) 5cl Miniature

A miniature of the rare Dallas Dhu highland whisky. 

A Dallas Dhu distilled in 1974 and bottled as part of the Connoisseur Choice range by independent bottler Gordon & Macphail. Gordon & MacPhail was founded in Elgin in 1895 by James Gordon and John Alexander MacPhail. As was often the case at the time, the business started out as a delicatessen and wine merchant. In 1915, John Alexander MacPhail retired and a new partner joined the business, John Urquhart. He was joined by his son George in 1933, a few years after James Gordon died in a car crash. Gordon & MacPhail works with many of Speyside’s leading distilleries, from whom it has accumulated considerable stocks. It is also licensed to bottle whiskies for many of them, including Glen Grant, Linkwood, Mortlach, Macallan and Glenlivet. The business really took off in the 1970s, acquiring distributors in a huge range of countries and selling casks to several Italian bottlers in selections that would become legends in their own right. Gordon & MacPhail is still run by the Urquhart family today, from the same building, and is one of the most iconic bottlers in the industry, with incredible stocks of sometimes very old and rare whiskies. The company is in complete control of the entire maturation process. Gordon & MacPhail has also owned the Benromach distillery since 1993.

About Dallas Dhu

The Dallas Dhu Distillery, built less than two miles outside of Forres, is one of the westernmost Speyside distilleries and uniquely powered parts of its production with a water wheel until 1971. As an operational distillery, Dallas Dhu has had somewhat of a rocky time; for more than twenty years of its distilling history it lay silent. Between its founding in 1898 and its final closure in 1983, Dallas Dhu changed hands three times, endured a fire that caused over £7000 worth of damage, and was forced to close due to World War II’s barley rationing. The mothballed distillery was purchased in 1988 by Scotland’s Historic Buildings and Monuments Directorate who

40% ABV

5cl / 50ml