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General
Distillery Profile - keywords (wazzat?)
Tea Caramel
Malty Liquorice Smoky Metallic
Grainy Mint Herbal Apple skin |
MM
Distillery profile:
The Convalmore distillery lies in the heart of Speyside,
between Glenfiddich and Craigellachie. It was founded
in 1893 or 1894 by the Convalmore-Glenlivet Distillery
Co Ltd. and changed hands in 1905 or 1906. The new
owners, James Buchanan & Co Ltd. had to rebuild
the distillery after a fire in 1909. They felt adventurous,
because they experimented with continuous distillation
of malt spirit. This special column still was removed
again in 1916. As far as I know, Convalmore operated
up until 1985 when it was closed down. Ownership
of the buildings and the surrounding site transferred
from United Distillers to Wm. Grant & Sons in
1990, but ... More
on Malt Madness. |
| Check all the 'winners' (90 points or more) on this wee list (PDF) |
| OB
- vintage |
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- Convalmore
28 yo 1977/2005 (57.9%, OB) - 261205
- Convalmore
24 yo 1978/2003 (59.4%, Rare Malts) - 071204
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| Cadenhead
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- Convalmore-Glenlivet
26 yo 1977/2003 (46%, Cadenhead's, Sherry butt)
- no notes - 87
- Convalmore-Glenlivet 30 yo 1977/2007 (61.6%, Cadenhead) - 071210
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| Chieftain's |
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-
Convalmore 15 yo 1983 (43%, Chieftain's) - no
notes - 78
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| Dun
Bheagan |
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- Convalmore
28 yo 1975/2004 (44.9%, Dun Bheagan, cask #3756,
252 bottles) - 040307
-
Convalmore 15 yo 1983/1998 (43%, Dun Bheagan
Collection) - 040307
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| Gordon
& MacPhail |
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- Convalmore
12 yo 1969 (40%, G&M CC, Old Brown Label)
- 120405
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| Signatory
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- Convalmore
14 yo 1983/1997 (43%, Signatory, cask #1639)
- 120405
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| The
Ultimate - Van Wees |
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- Convalmore
16 yo 1981/1997 (43%, Ultimate) - no notes -
78
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| Various
IB |
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- Convalmore
1981 (40%, Strathblair Collection, 2004) - 261205
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(all
current rankings 
90 points
- Last tasted: December 7, 2004
- Tasting notes: 
