Sold outSep 2025In short · Glen Elgin (Speyside), 14 years.
“With a gorgeous initial nose, the Panel noted orange blossoms, physalis, peach yoghurt and honeysuckle at first, followed by further impressions of young dessert wines,…”Extract · full tasting notes at SMWS
SMWS 85.79 is a single cask of Glen Elgin, in the Speyside region, 14 years old, bottled at 57.6%, released in the Sep 2025 Outturn. Every Society bottle numbered 85.x is from Glen Elgin.
Specs, price and tasting-note extract from the SMWS. Full notes on smws.com.
At Fogwatt, just south of Elgin, Glen Elgin was built in 1898 by William Simpson and James Carle, and drinks from springs near Millbuies Loch. For decades its spirit went into White Horse, and it has been bottled as a single malt only since 1977. Worm tubs give a fruity, honeyed spirit unexpected weight and a waxy, full texture. Diageo's.