Wine for sale: Glen Esk

Glen Esk

Located on the east coast of the Highlands, Glenesk was built in 1897 by Dundee wine and spirits merchant James Isle on the site of a former linen mill. The distillery was soon sold and ceased production during WWI, suffering significant fire damage in 1919. Until 1939, it was used only for malting, before being turned into the Montrose grain distillery by Joseph Hobbs, who also owned Ben Nevis. It was mothballed again during WWII, before being bought by Distillers Company Limited (DCL) in 1953, who closed it down and dismantled it in 1985, at the height of Whisky Loch. Bottlings of Glenesk are rare and generally found in the Rare Malts collection or as independent bottlings.