This distillery is one of several situated on the road between Rothes and Elgin. It was built in 1898 by William Simpson and James Carle the former manager at Glenfarclas. The distillery was finished just weeks before the infamous Pattison crash which saw a collapse in the market for new make malt whisky. The distillery was sold in 1901, for less than a third of the price it cost to build, to the Glen Elgin-Glenlivet Distillery Co Ltd before eventually coming under the ownership of Diageo. Is Glen Elgin ready for stardom? Just now, the distillery has the slightly bewildered, eye-rubbing look of a talented youngster who's been plucked from the ranks and can't quite believe what's happening. Give the malt a taste, though, and you'll find all the assurance that has given it such a high reputation among professional whisky blenders down the years. The men in white coats have always ranked this intricately flavoured dram as 'top class'. Now you can put it to the test, too.

Mid amber with gold hues. Furniture polish and brittle toffee on the nose, with raisins, prunes and spice. Smooth-bodied, with a palate of oranges and peaches, then root ginger and black pepper. The finish dries to liquorice.

• Product Code: SD04GEL
• Grower: Glen Elgin Distillery
  
• Style: 1998 Vintage Single Malt
  
• Country: Scotland
• Appellation: Speyside
• Spirit Type : Whisky
• Alchohol: 61.1% ABV
• Case Size: Single
• Bottle Size: 70cl

Vintage Rating on this whiskey was 92 (source: tastings.com )

Closure: CORK

Alternative wine closures are substitute closures used in the wine industry for sealing wine bottles in place of traditional cork closures. The emergence of these alternatives has grown in response to quality control efforts by winemakers to protect against "cork taint" caused by the presence of the chemical trichloroanisole (TCA).

Screw caps or "Stelvin caps" are closures made only from aluminium material that threads onto the bottleneck. They are the predominant closure used by New Zealand wineries.[8][9] This can be attributed in part to the New Zealand screw cap initiative which promotes the use of screw caps instead of cork. Screw caps form a tighter seal and can keep out oxygen for a longer time than cork. These benefits aid in maintaining the wine's overall quality and aging potential.

Vino-Seal, or Vino-Lok, is a plastic/glass closure released by Alcoa. Since its introduction into the European market in 2003, over 300 wineries have utilized Vino-Seal. Using a glass stopper with an inert o-ring, the Vino-Seal creates a hermetic seal that prevents oxidation and TCA contamination.

Zork is an alternative wine closure that seals like a screw cap and pops like a cork. The Zork closure consists of three parts; an outer cap providing a tamper evident clamp that locks onto the band of a standard cork mouth bottle, an inner metal foil which provides an oxygen barrier similar to a screw cap, and an inner plunger which creates the ‘pop’ on extraction and reseals after use.

The traditional crowned bottle cap has been used in the sparkling wine industry as a closure during the bottle fermentation process (méthode traditionnelle). Normally the cap is replaced with a cork before shipping, though recently some producers are releasing wines using the crown cap as their closure.

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