Glenesk 5 Year Old Single Malt Buton Import

Glenesk is the name the Hillside distillery in Montrose, on the east coast of the Highlands, took in 1980, when the licence passed to William Sanderson & Son, the house behind VAT 69, the blend that took most of its output. Founded in 1897 as Highland Esk in a former flax mill, converted to grain whisky in 1938 and returned to malt in 1964, it closed in 1985; only the maltings survive.

This five-year-old single malt was imported into Italy by Gio. Buton & C. of Bologna: one of the single malt bottlings of a spirit destined almost entirely for blending.