Glen Elgin Pure Highland Malt Scotch Whisky Aged 12 Years 1980's bottling

With the White Horse on the label. Colour: gold. Nose: wonderful at first nosing, phenolic and resinous, with also some meaty notes and quite some soot and a little metal polish. Very old style. Becomes more mushroomy after a while, slightly mouldy and certainly earthy. Some smoked tea, camphor, hessian, wax polish… Mouth: very peppery, smoky and very dry. Somenotes of tar and liquorice wood, soft chilli, mustard, bitter caramel, very dry herbal teas (thyme) and even something that I almost never get in whisky: garlic. Finish: rather long, dry, smoky…