Edradour 1972 Connoisseurs Choice (Gordon & MacPhail)

I have been dying to try this very good looking vintage bottles of Connoisseur's Choice by Gordon & MacPhail, the ones with the brown/yellow old labels. Since i couldn't afford a whole bottle, i managed to obtain some miniatures, and i was super excited to get my hands on some 1970's Edradours. The first miniature i opened, which had suffered already a little evaporation, was a 1972 Edradour. Bottled at 40%abv, i have no more facts about it. On the nose, it starts with this aroma of an old library - old books. Prunes, farm fruits. Acid fruits like green grapes. Welsh's grape juice. I would not guess in a blind tasting that this is an Edradour. Blackberry jam; you have to let it breath for some minutes. Strawberries appeared after some minutes. Definitively red fruits; it has a winey, very fruity profile. Super interesting and evolving aroma. On the palate, it is very oaky, very sour. Sawdust, there is a ghostly acid prune taste, but overall it feels "woody". The flavor feels a little watered down and fails to deliver the complexity of the nose. A nice spiciness has risen, noticeable from a wine cask. A ghostly jam is there somewhere. Aftertaste has a nice ashy, tobacco note. Sulphuric, marlboro finish. It screams cowboy everywhere. Chewing, sour, pleasant aftertaste. The overall feeling of this aftertaste is quite rewarding. Very dry, feels strong and nice. Overall, this was a very interesting experience, which gave me a view of this distillery past, where it wasn't quite the sherry bomb it is nowadays, at least it felt that way. The nose is quite complex and by far is the best part of this dram. The palate barely passed the test and the aftertaste was beautiful. My score for it is 89 over 100.