Whisky New Arrivals
 Jim Beam Red Stag / Black Cherry Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey £24.95 Country: American Region: American Age: Strength: 40% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 40% – A love-it-or-hate-it whiskey from Jim Beam, who have flavoured their bourbon with natural cherry flavour to make Red Stag. |
 Black Bottle 10 Year Old Blended Scotch Whisky £25.95 Country: Blended Region: Blended Age: 10 Year Old Strength: 40% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 40% – A 10-year-old Black Bottle blended whisky, released in January 2020 after a decade in American oak casks – the first release from the brand in over 20 years. Aromas of honey, ripe fruit and vanilla burst through the nose, complementing rich notes of oak, soft fruit and smoky spice on the palate. |
 Tomatin Legacy / Bourbon & Virgin Oak Highland Whisky £28.75 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 43% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – The 2016 relaunch of Tomatin Legacy has been aged in a combination of bourbon barrels and virgin-oak casks. The rest is a whisky brimming with notes of vanilla, marshmallow, pineapple and lemon. |
 Paul John Nirvana Indian Single Malt Whisky £31.95 Country: Indian Region: Indian Age: Strength: 40% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 40% – A fruity, lively unpeated single malt from Indian distillery Paul John. Aromas of fruitcake, honeycomb and caramel fill the nose, and the palate offers notes of apricots, raisins, honey, apples and salted caramel. |
 Hatozaki Blended Japanese Whisky Japanese Blended Whisky £31.95 Country: Japanese Region: Japanese Age: Strength: 40% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 40% – Named after the oldest stone lighthouse in Japan, Hatozaki blended whisky is made at Kaikyo distillery. Matured in a variety of casks, including sherry, bourbon and Mizunara oak it has a complex character, with notes of cherry blossom, pears and caramel throughout the palate. |
 Glenfarclas 10 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky £32.95 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 10 Year Old Strength: 40% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling – Glenfarclas 10yo is a straw-gold , delicately light, sweet and malty dram leaving a long slightly spicy finish. Always impeccably well-made, this is a whisky that always delivers in quality. |
 Jack Daniel's Master Distiller #3 'lem Tolley' Tennessee Whiskey £34.95 Country: American Region: American Age: Strength: 43% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 43% – The third edition of Jack Daniel's Master Distiller series, released to honour Lem Tolley, who held the position between 1941 and 1964. |
 Deanston 12 Year Old / Unchillfiltered Highland Whisky £37.95 Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 12 Year Old Strength: 46.3% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 46.3% / Distillery Bottling – A relaunch in fancy packaging for Deanston's single malt, previously famous as the whisky used in the much-missed Wallace whisky liqueur. Trivia snitched from the Malt Whisky Yearbook: Deanston is the only distillery in Scotland that is self-sustaining for electricity, being equipped with a dam and a turbine. |
 Old Fashioned Gift Collection £39.95 Country: American Region: American Age: Strength: 43.5% 90cl Summary: 90cl / 43.5% – The perfect Old Fashioned cocktail set, containing everything you need to make delicious drinks at home, including a full-size bottle of Woodford Reserve Distiller's Select bourbon, a bottle of Angostura Bitters and an elegant Woodford Reserve tumbler. |
 Benromach 2011 / Bot.2019 / Sassicaia Finish Speyside Whisky £43.95 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 45% 70cl Vintage: 2019 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 45% / Distillery Bottling – A 2011 vintage whisky from Benromach, part of the distillery's ongoing experiments with wine casks. This was finished in Sassicaia casks from Tuscay, adding in layers of dark fruit as well as zingier berries and a touch of chocolate. A well-balanced dram that isn't overpowered by the cask. |
 Glenallachie 9 Year Old / Rye Cask Finish Speyside Whisky £52.25 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 9 Year Old Strength: 48% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 48% – A nine-year-old single malt from Glenallachie's Wood Finish series that was initially matured in American oak barrels before being re-racked and finished in Kentucky rye whiskey casks, adding a spicy edge to its character. Aromas of cinnamon, honey, treacle and orange peel fill the nose. The palate offers notes of stewed spices, honey-glazed pastries, butterscotch, treacle, orange zest and ginger. |
 Glenallachie 11 Year Old / Moscatel Finish Speyside Whisky £55.95 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 11 Year Old Strength: 48% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 48% – A fruity, spicy 11-year-old single malt from Glenallachie, initially matured in American oak barrels for at least nine years, before being re-racked into Moscatel wine barriques to finish. This resulted in aromas of peaches, cinnamon, heather honey and mocha on the nose. The palate offers notes of honey, orange zest, peaches, cinnamon and mocha that linger in the finish. |
 Glenallachie 11 Year Old / Port Wood Finish Speyside Whisky £55.95 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 11 Year Old Strength: 48% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 48% – An 11-year-old single malt from Glenallachie that was initially matured in American oak barrels, before being re-racked into Ruby Port pipes. Vibrant aromas of ripe plums, baking spices, dark chocolate and roses fill the nose. The palate offers notes of plum, damson, strawberries, rosehips and dark chocolate that linger in the finish. |
 Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt Japanese Blended Malt Whisky £59.95 Country: Japanese Region: Japanese Age: Strength: 43% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 43% – Taketsuru's no-age-statement blended malt contains a high percentage of malt from Miyagikyo, with the reminder coming from Yoichi. Aged on average for around 10 years in a variety of different cask types, including some sherry wood for extra richness. |
 Cl8 – Elements Of Islay Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky £59.95 Country: Scotland Region: Age: Strength: 55.2% 50cl Summary: 50cl / 55.2% / Elixir Distillers – A marriage of five bourbon barrels from the mid-2000s, the eighth Cl is light and creamy with notes of lemon, rock salt and custard. |
 Suntory Yamazaki Distiller's Reserve Japanese Single Malt Whisky £64.95 Country: Japanese Region: Japanese Age: Strength: 43% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 43% – A fresh and fruity whisky from Yamazaki, full of red fruit and a touch of sherry cask. It's also got some mizunara (Japanese oak) matured whisky in the mix, which comes through as a complex spicy and almost incense-like note. A well put together and deep dram. |
 Cl11 – Elements Of Islay Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky £69.95 Country: Scotland Region: Age: Strength: 55.4% 50cl Summary: 50cl / 55.4% / Elixir Distillers – Distilled in 2008, this characteristically fresh and green whisky has been darkened and deepened by an 18-month finishing period spent in ex-solera sherry butts. Thick, powerful peat smoke meets its match in rich stone-fruit sweetness against a backdrop of dark chocolate and charcoal bitterness. A beautiful thing. |
 Lg6 – Elements Of Islay Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky £74.95 Country: Scotland Region: Age: Strength: 53.7% 50cl Summary: 50cl / 53.7% / Speciality Drinks Ltd – Lg whiskies are known for their rich and meaty style. The sixth release in Speciality Drinks' Elements of Islay series is a powerful and fruity whisky with notes of oranges and pears to complement the peat. |
 Lg7 – Elements Of Islay Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky £79.95 Country: Scotland Region: Age: Strength: 56.8% 50cl Summary: 50cl / 56.8% / Elixir Distillers – The seventh Lg was distilled in the mid-2000s and aged in four refill bourbon barrels. A classic example of the distillery's meaty style with notes of cockles and burnt honeycomb, too. |
 Glenrothes 2009 / 10 Year Old / Adelphi Speyside Whisky £79.95 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 10 Year Old Strength: 65.5% 70cl Vintage: 2009 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 65.5% / Adelphi Distillery Ltd – A 2009 Glenrothes single malt from indie bottler Adelphi, matured in a single cask for a decade before being bottled in 2020. |
 Glenallachie 2007 / 12 Year Old / Adelphi Speyside Whisky £82.95 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 12 Year Old Strength: 59.7% 70cl Vintage: 2007 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 59.7% / Adelphi Distillery Ltd – A 2007 Glenallachie single malt from indie bottler Adelphi, matured in a single cask for 12 years before being bottled in 2020. |
 Teaninich 2007 / 12 Year Old / Adelphi Highland Whisky £86.95 Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 12 Year Old Strength: 55.9% 70cl Vintage: 2007 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 55.9% / Adelphi Distillery Ltd – A 2007 Teaninich single malt from indie bottler Adelphi, matured in a single cask for 12 years, before being bottled in 2020. |
 Lg10 – Elements Of Islay Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky £89.95 Country: Scotland Region: Age: Strength: 57.4% 50cl Summary: 50cl / 57.4% / Elixir Distillers – A creamy, smoky coastal single malt from Elements of Islay, this whisky offers aromas of caramel flapjacks, stewed apples, vanilla and salty, medicinal peat smoke. The palate holds notes of ripe mango, pineapple, grilled peaches, salty sea air, malty barley and rich smoke. |
 Glenfarclas 21 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky £93.95 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 21 Year Old Strength: 43% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – A dark amber-gold, full sweet vanilla delicately smoked with a rich and long lasting finish. Glenfarclas 21yo is delicious stuff, and a bargain at this price. |
 Ancnoc 16 Year Old Cask Strength / 125th Anniversary Highland Whisky £98.95 Country: Scotland Region: Age: 16 Year Old Strength: 56.3% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 56.3% / Distillery Bottling – Released to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Knockdhu distillery, this limited-edition single malt has been matured for 16 years in ex-bourbon barrels. Sweet aromas of vanilla, coconut, butterscotch and toffee fill the nose, and the palate offers notes of citrus, vanilla, gentle spice and fruity green apples. |
 Bunnahabhain Moine 2008 / French Oak Finish / Feis Ile 2019 Islay Whisky £99.95 Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 57.4% 70cl Vintage: 2019 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 57.4% / Distillery Bottling – A limited-edition Bunnahabhain released in 2019 to celebrate Feis Ile, distilled in 2008 and initially matured in refill casks, before being finished in French oak hogsheads for five months. Rich aromas of oak spice, vanilla, caramel, iodine and peppery smoke fill the nose. The palate offers notes of vanilla cream, oak, red berries and roasted nuts under waves of aromatic peat smoke. |
 Ma2 – Elements Of Islay Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky £99.95 Country: Scotland Region: Age: Strength: 55.2% 50cl Summary: 50cl / 55.2% / Elixir Distillers – A peaty offering from an Islay distillery best known for its aromatic, approachable single malts. Aged in first-full bourbon since 2004, this dram adds an extra layer of intensity to the distillery's normal notes of vanilla, sweet fruits and light smoke. |
 Pl3 – Elements Of Islay Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky £110.00 Country: Scotland Region: Age: Strength: 60.3% 50cl Summary: 50cl / 60.3% / Speciality Drinks Ltd – Aged in Château Climens casks (a first-growth Sauternes wine), the rich sweetness has helped to create a massively complex and powerful dram. |
 Bw7 – Elements Of Islay / Sherry Cask Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky £110.00 Country: Scotland Region: Age: Strength: 53.2% 50cl Summary: 50cl / 53.2% / Elixir Distillers – Matured in sherry butts since 2001, this dense dram pours layers of cream over notes of beach bonfires, mangos, raisins, toffee and seaside rock pools. |
 Nikka Pure Malt White / Notepad And Pencil Set Japanese Whisky £110.00 Country: Japanese Region: Japanese Age: Strength: 43% 50cl Summary: 50cl / 43% – This gift set contains a bottle of Nikka Pure Malt White, a notepad and a pencil. A very endearing, subtle malt with a strong whiff of peat, this is a curious but superb marriage of different Japanese malts – and it really delivers. Brilliant. |
 Balblair 18 Year Old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky £118.00 Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 18 Year Old Strength: 46% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 46% / Distillery Bottling – Balblair 18 Year Old is the third whisky in the Balblair Collection and has been matured in ex-bourbon casks before being finished in first-fill Spanish oak butts. The result is a charismatic single malt with a rich toffee and pear aroma, with a hint of warm spices and leather. The palate offers notes of ripe apricots and raisins balanced by toasted oak and vanilla custard, before a long, warming finish filled with hints of cinnamon and nutmeg. |
 Famous Grouse / Bar Bottle Blended Scotch Whisky £125.00 Country: Blended Region: Blended Age: Strength: 40% 450cl Summary: 450cl / 40% – A massive 4.5 litre bottle of equally massively popular blended whisky Famous Grouse. Created in 1860, it has been Scotland's most popular Scotch since the 1980s and still is, as of the 2010s. |
 Johnnie Walker Red Label / Bot.1970s Blended Scotch Whisky £150.00 Country: Blended Region: Blended Age: Strength: 40% 75cl Vintage: 1970 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 40% – This old bottling of Johnnie Walker red label looks to have been produced sometime during the 1970s. |
 Oc3 – Elements Of Islay Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky £150.00 Country: Scotland Region: Age: Strength: 60.3% 50cl Summary: 50cl / 60.3% / Speciality Drinks Ltd – From the brand that makes the peatiest whiskies in the world, this has been matured in various types of cask, including some ex-wine examples, for a minimum of seven years. This is extremely smoky with exceptionally balanced fruit flavours, and a very long finish. |
 Lp7 – Elements Of Islay Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky £150.00 Country: Scotland Region: Age: Strength: 52.8% 50cl Summary: 50cl / 52.8% / Speciality Drinks Ltd – Lp comes from the south of Islay from a distillery known for its richness of flavour. Lp7 combines the modern ashy style with some older fruit-driven spirit, resulting in a great deal of complexity and smoke. Serge Valentin of Whiskyfun.com scored it 89/100pts. |
 Ln1 – Elements Of Islay Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky £150.00 Country: Scotland Region: Age: Strength: 62.5% 50cl Summary: 50cl / 62.5% / Speciality Drinks Ltd – Ln comes from a distillery situarted on the coast of Loch Indal. Heavily peated to more than 50pmm, this combines first-fill bourbon-cask sweetness with rich peat. Serge Valentin of whiskyfun.com called this 'absolutely excellent'. |
 Lp8 – Elements Of Islay / Madeira Cask Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky £175.00 Country: Scotland Region: Age: Strength: 53.5% 50cl Summary: 50cl / 53.5% / Elixir Distillers – A spoonful of Madeira makes the medicine go down… This much-loved, traditionally medicinal Islay whisky has been given a softer edge by ex-Madeira wine casks, in which it's been housed since 1998. Expect exquisite layers of smoke and sweetness. |
 Compass Box Rogues' Banquet Blended Scotch Whisky £180.00 Country: Blended Region: Blended Age: Strength: 46% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 46% / Compass Box – A limited-edition blended whisky from Compass Box, Rogues' Banquet is a blend of a refill hogshead, a recharred barrel, recharred hogsheads and grain whisky matured in a first-fill bourbon barrel. The palate offers notes of softened tropical fruits, spicy ginger and creamy pastry that linger in the finish. |
 Cardhu 5 Year Old / Bot.1980s Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky £199.00 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 5 Year Old Strength: 40% 75cl Vintage: 1980 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling – A rare picture-label distillery bottling of Cardhu 5yo from the 1980s. |
 Longrow 2000 / 7 Year Old / Barolo Wood Finish Campbeltown Whisky £199.00 Country: Scotland Region: Campbeltown Age: 7 Year Old Strength: 55.8% 70cl Vintage: 2000 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 55.8% / Distillery Bottling – Matured in bourbon barrels for 5 1/2 years before spending eighteen months in fresh casks from a legendary Barolo producer. |
 Highland Park 12 Year Old / Bot.1990s Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky £199.00 Country: Scotland Region: Island Age: 12 Year Old Strength: 40% 70cl Vintage: 1990 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling – A very popular island malt from Orkney, Highland Park is smooth, smoky and heathery, with a lovely honeyed touch coming through on the finish. |
 Edradour 10 Year Old / Bot.1980s Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky £225.00 Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 10 Year Old Strength: 40% 75cl Vintage: 1980 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling – A rare old bottle of 1980s Edradour 10yo from Scotland's smallest distillery. |
 Lagavulin 12 Year Old / Bot.2012 / 12th Release Islay Whisky £225.00 Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: 12 Year Old Strength: 56.1% 70cl Vintage: 2012 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 56.1% / Distillery Bottling – The 12th release of 12 year old Lagavulin from Diageo's Special Releases range. A perennial favourite, balancing price against a punchy cask strength edition of whisky from one of Islay's most mysterious distilleries. |
 Glenturret 12 Year Old / Bot.1980s Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky £225.00 Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 12 Year Old Strength: 43% 75cl Vintage: 1980 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – An old distillery bottling of Glenturret 12 year old. Most of the distillery's production is used as a base for the Famous Grouse blended whisky. The 12 year old was the distillery's standard release at the time of production, which we estimate was the 1980s, although it was replaced with a 10 year old in 2003. |
 Isle Of Jura 1999 / 5 Year Old / Heavily Peated Island Whisky £250.00 Country: Scotland Region: Island Age: 5 Year Old Strength: 60.6% 70cl Vintage: 1999 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 60.6% / The Whisky Exchange – An awesome bottling (by us) of Isle of Jura 1999, that bears no relation to the mostly gentle, easy-drinking distillery bottlings. This heavily-peated 5yo has been bottled at full natural cask strength in order that its visceral phenols can roar across your tastebuds in their full glory. For hardcore cask-strength peatheads only. |
 Glen Mhor 1980 / Bot.2011 / Gordon & Macphail Highland Whisky £299.00 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 43% 70cl Vintage: 2011 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 43% / Gordon & MacPhail – A welcome Gordon & Macphail bottling of the little-seen Glen Mhor from the 1980 vintage. The distillery was demolished over twenty years ago, and the site is now home to a supermarket. |
 Suntory Royal 15 Year Old Whisky / Bot.1980s Japanese Blended Whisky £299.00 Country: Japanese Region: Japanese Age: 15 Year Old Strength: 43% 70cl Vintage: 1980 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 43% – Blended whisky Suntory Royal was launched in the 1960 to mark the company’s 60th anniversary. This 15-year-old bottling is light and soft with notes of toffee, ginger and spice and is a great introduction to the world of Japanese whisky. |
 Glen Scotia 5 Year Old / Bot.1970s Campbeltown Whisky £325.00 Country: Scotland Region: Campbeltown Age: 5 Year Old Strength: 40% 75cl Vintage: 1970 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling – A marvellous old distillery-bottled 5 year old Glen Scotia bottled, we estimate, in the 1960s. |
 Nikka Yoichi 10 Year Old Japanese Single Malt Whisky £325.00 Country: Japanese Region: Japanese Age: 10 Year Old Strength: 45% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 45% – A ten year old, elegantly peaty single malt from Nikka's beautiful Yoichi distillery in Hokkaido, where whisky is made as it used to be in Scotland with small direct-fired stills and matured in the finest wood the company can find. Bottled at 45% for extra oomph. On the face of it, this is expensive for a ten year old whisky, but it's well worth the money in quality terms. |
 Longrow 1990 / 9 Year Old / Cask #mm206 Campbeltown Whisky £350.00 Country: Scotland Region: Campbeltown Age: 9 Year Old Strength: 46% 70cl Vintage: 1990 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 46% / Murray McDavid – A rare single cask ex-bourbon Longrow bottled around ten years ago by Murray McDavid. |
 Highland Park 18 Year Old / Bot.1990s Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky £350.00 Country: Scotland Region: Island Age: 18 Year Old Strength: 43% 70cl Vintage: 1990 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – One of our all-time favourites, this has to be one of the most consistently excellent malt whiskies of the last ten years. Showered with awards and praise from all quarters, it was named as 'Best Spirit in the World' by F. Paul Pacult of the Spirit Journal in 2005. Unfailingly excellent, especially after a good meal. |
 Knockando 1974 / Bot.1987 Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky £350.00 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 40% 75cl Vintage: 1987 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling – A distillery bottling of Knockando single malt from the 1974 vintage, bottled in 1987. |
 Clynelish 14 Year Old / Flora & Fauna Highland Whisky £375.00 Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 14 Year Old Strength: 43% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – An early Clynelish Flora & Fauna 14yo, the success of this bottling prompted Diageo to give Clynelish its own packaging job and a place amongst the expanded Classic Malts range. |
 Bowmore 1989 / 16 Year Old / Bourbon Cask Islay Whisky £399.00 Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: 16 Year Old Strength: 51.8% 70cl Vintage: 1989 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 51.8% / Distillery Bottling – The first of what has become a series of successful cask-strength Bowmore vintage releases. Classic Bowmore fruitiness with balanced peat. |
 Highland Park 12 Year Old / Bot.1980s Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky £399.00 Country: Scotland Region: Island Age: 12 Year Old Strength: 43% 75cl Vintage: 1980 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – An official bottling of 12 year old Highland Park in the distillery's classic 1980s dumpy bottle. In 1979, the owners invested in marketing the single malt, which led to a massive increase in sales at the time this bottle would have been released. |
 White Horse / Bot.1960s / Spring Cap Blended Scotch Whisky £399.00 Country: Blended Region: Blended Age: Strength: 43% 75cl Vintage: 1960 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 43% – A 1960s' bottling of White Horse blended whisky, now in its more modern round bottle presentation but still topped with a spring cap. |
 Ardbeg Kelpie / Committee Release Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky £399.00 Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 51.7% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 51.7% – This is the limited edition Committee release of Ardbeg Kelpie, which was only available to Ardbeg Committee members when it was launched in 2017. A combination whiskies aged in virgin Black-Sea oak casks and bourbon barrels, this is rich and intense with notes of pepper, treacle toffee, Turkish coffee, dark chocolate and smoky bacon. |
 Glenfarclas 30 Year Old / 180 Years In Production Speyside Whisky £425.00 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 30 Year Old Strength: 43% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – Released in 2016 to mark 180 years of production at Glenfarclas, this edition of 30-year-old whisky is rich with notes of marzipan, icing, coffee and burnt chocolate. |
 Suntory Hibiki Harmony / 30th Anniversary Edition Japanese Whisky £425.00 Country: Japanese Region: Japanese Age: Strength: 43% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – Hibiki has led the world of Japanese blended whisky since its creation in 1989, and this very-limited-edition release celebrates its 30th birthday. The 30th-anniversary edition has bottle art inspired by a traditional kimono pattern, embellished with tabane noshi – tied bundles of strips that have long been a symbol of cherished gifts. A must-have bottle for fans of Hibiki and Japanese art, created to be the perfect gift. |
 Glenury Royal 12 Year Old / Bot.1970s Highland Whisky £500.00 Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 12 Year Old Strength: 40% 75cl Vintage: 1970 Bottler: Summary: 75.7cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling – A rare 1970s bottling of whisky from since demolished Glenury Royal, bottled at 12 years old under the label of John Gillon and Company. |
 Knockando 1972 / Bot.1985 Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky £500.00 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: Strength: 40% 75cl Vintage: 1985 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling – An old bottling of Knockando from the '80s. |
 Ardbeg 1990 / Airigh Nam Beist / Bot.2006 Islay Whisky £500.00 Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 46% 70cl Vintage: 2006 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 46% / Distillery Bottling – The now discontinued Ardbeg Airigh Nam Beist is a whisky that gained great fame in such a very short time. Ardbeg fans around went crazy for this peaty beast. |
 Ardbeg Dark Cove 2016 Committee Edition Islay Whisky £500.00 Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 55% 70cl Vintage: 2016 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 55% / Distillery Bottling – A limited edition release of Dark Cove, created for the Ardbeg Committee. Punchier than the standard release, this has notes of dark fruits, intense peat, ginger and bacon, with a long smoky finish. |
 I W Harper / 12 Year Old / Bot.1970s Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey £550.00 Country: American Region: American Age: 12 Year Old Strength: 43% 75cl Vintage: 1970 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 43% – A bottle of 12-year-old I W Harper Gold Label bourbon which, we estimate, dates from the 1970s. The historic brand was created by Isaac Wolfe Bernheim back in 1896 and was one of the best selling bourbon brands in Japan. |
 Suntory Hakushu 18 Year Old Japanese Single Malt Whisky £550.00 Country: Japanese Region: Japanese Age: 18 Year Old Strength: 43% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 43% – A massive step up in quality from the standard Hakushu 12 yrs, this 18yo is amazingly well-defined (as we've come to expect from Japanese whisky) with deliciously rounded fruit and cereal flavours, at times surprisingly reminiscent of the finest Irish potstill whisky (eg Redbreast 15yo). |
 Lagavulin 16 Year Old / Bot.1980s Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky £600.00 Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: 16 Year Old Strength: 43% 75cl Vintage: 1980 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – A old bottling of Lagavulin 16 year old, which we estimate was bottled sometime in the 1980s. This bottle states White Horse Distillers at the bottom of the label. |
 Suntory Yamazaki 18 Year Old Japanese Single Malt Whisky £625.00 Country: Japanese Region: Japanese Age: 18 Year Old Strength: 43% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 43% – A wonderful example of what Japanese whisky is capable of. We absolutely love this. Extremely smooth, with great complexity and a lovely balance of fruit, silky malt and a touch of smoke. |
 Lagavulin 1988 / Bot.2004 / Distillers Edition Islay Whisky £650.00 Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 43% 70cl Vintage: 2004 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – An old early version of Lagavulin Distillers Edition, the most successful of the series. This has been finished in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks. |
 Suntory Hibiki 21 Year Old Japanese Blended Whisky £650.00 Country: Japanese Region: Japanese Age: 21 Year Old Strength: 43% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 43% – Another hit for Suntory, this Hibiki 21 merited 93 points from Jim Murray in 2009, while Dr. Whisky called it 'Unbelievably balanced, and dangerously drinkable.' |
 Craigellachie 1970 / 33 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky £700.00 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 33 Year Old Strength: 46% 70cl Vintage: 1970 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 46% / Murray McDavid – An old release of Craigellachie from independent bottler Murray McDavid. This is 1970 vintage whisky which has been aged for 33 years. |
 Glenturret 1966 / Gold Ceramic Flagon Highland Whisky £750.00 Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: Strength: 43% 75cl Vintage: 1966 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – An old release of 1966 vintage Glenturret whisky, presented in a Gold ceramic flagon. This was actually 'bottled' sometime in 1987 making the whisky inside atleast 20 years old. |
 Linlithgow 1975 / 24 Year Old / First Cask Lowland Whisky £750.00 Country: Scotland Region: Lowland Age: 24 Year Old Strength: 46% 70cl Vintage: 1975 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 46% / First Cask – A rare First Cask bottling of 1975 vintage whisky from Linlithgow, aka St Magdalene, a delicate and refined lowlander which unfortunately ceased production in 1983. Despite the fact that the distillery has now been converted into flats you can still find the occasional bottling surfacing. |
 Glenmorangie 25 Year Old / Malaga Wood Highland Whisky £750.00 Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 25 Year Old Strength: 43% 75cl Summary: 75cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – A 25 year old whisky from Glenmorangie, finished for the last year in casks that once contained Malaga, a sweet fortified Spanish wine made from Pedro Ximenez and Moscatel grapes. |
 Longmorn 1976 / 34 Year Old / Whisky Agency Speyside Whisky £800.00 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 34 Year Old Strength: 50.2% 70cl Vintage: 1976 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 50.2% / The Whisky Agency – A single bourbon hogshead of Longmorn from the 1976 vintage, bottled by The Whisky Agency. Long-aged bourbon-cask Longmorn is a thing of wonder, balancing elegant oak against soft fruit and layers of gentle spice, and this is an excellent example. A blast from the past that we're pleased to have found again. |
 Ledaig 1973 / 32 Year Old / Chieftan's Choice Island Whisky £850.00 Country: Scotland Region: Island Age: 32 Year Old Strength: 45% 70cl Vintage: 1973 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 45% / Ian Macleod – A 1973 vintage Ledaig released by independent bottlers Ian Macleod as part of their Chieftain's series. Distilled in June, this was aged in a single hogshead for 32 years before being bottled in October 2005. Ledaig is the name given to peated malt which is produced at Tobermory distillery on the Isle of Mull. |
 Linlithgow 1982 / 24 Year Old / Old Malt Cask Lowland Whisky £850.00 Country: Scotland Region: Lowland Age: 24 Year Old Strength: 50% 70cl Vintage: 1982 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 50% / Douglas Laing – Also known as St. Magdalene, bottlings of Linlithgow are becoming increasingly rare as the distillery closed some time ago. Linlithgow is extremely highly-thought of thanks to some stellar bottlings over the last decade. |
 Lagavulin 1991 / Feis Ile 2015 Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky £850.00 Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 59.9% 70cl Vintage: 2015 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 59.9% / Distillery Bottling – This triple matured whisky from Lagavulin was released for the Feis Ile festival in 2015, having been matured in ex-bourbon casks, Pedro Ximenez sherry casks for a short amount of time before finally a long, gentle maturation in old puncheons. The result is a rich and complex Islay single malt, with a fruity, smoky character. Aromas of earthy peat, charred oak, stewed orchard fruits and vanilla instantly mingle together, a hint of citrus developing slowly. The palate brings notes of peppercorns, |
 Linlithgow 1982 / 19 Year Old / Mackillop's Choice Lowland Whisky £850.00 Country: Scotland Region: Lowland Age: 19 Year Old Strength: 62.6% 70cl Vintage: 1982 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 62.6% / Mackillop's – A bottling of 1982 vintage whisky under the name of Linlithgow, the alternative title for the now closed St Magdalene distillery. This is a single cask bottled by Mackillop's at cask strength in October 2001 after 19 years of maturation. |
 Brora 1981 / 19 Year Old / Signatory Highland Whisky £850.00 Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 19 Year Old Strength: 43% 70cl Vintage: 1981 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 43% / Signatory – A 19-year-old Brora released by Signatory Vintage. Distilled in 1981, in the last couple of years of Brora's operation, it was matured for 19 years in a pair of casks and bottled on 29 January 2001. |
 Longmorn 1976 / 35 Year Old / The Perfect Dram Speyside Whisky £900.00 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 35 Year Old Strength: 53.6% 70cl Vintage: 1976 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 53.6% / The Whisky Agency – A 35 year old bottling of Longmorn selected and released by the folks at The Whisky Agency under their Perfect Dram Label. Distilled in 1976, matured in a bourbon cask and bottled at cask strength in 2011. |
 Aberlour 1975 / 30 Year Old / Cask #4577 Speyside Whisky £1,000.00 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 30 Year Old Strength: 48.9% 70cl Vintage: 1975 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 48.9% / Distillery Bottling – A release of cask strength, single cask Aberlour whisky. Distilled in 1975 and matured for 30 years, this is one of the oldest whiskies that we have seen from this distillery. |
 Kinclaith 1966 / Connoisseurs Choice / Bot.1980s Lowland Whisky £1,000.00 Country: Scotland Region: Lowland Age: Strength: 40% 75cl Vintage: 1980 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 40% / Gordon & MacPhail – Kinclaith is now very rare, having only been made for around twenty years at the Strathclyde complex in Glasgow before being dismantled in 1977. This bottling was done fro Gordon & Macphail's Connoisseurs Choice series, probably at some point in the late 1980s. |
 Linlithgow 1975 / 24 Year Old / Signatory Lowland Whisky £1,000.00 Country: Scotland Region: Lowland Age: 24 Year Old Strength: 51.5% 70cl Vintage: 1975 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 51.5% / Signatory – A 1975 vintage whisky from closed distilery Linlithgow, also known as St Magdalene, bottled at 24 years old by Signatory. |
 Longmorn 1973 / 21 Year Old / Sherry Cask / Signatory Speyside Whisky £1,000.00 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 21 Year Old Strength: 54.9% 70cl Vintage: 1973 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 54.9% / Signatory – A 1973 vintage Longmorn selected by independent bottlers Signatory. This was aged in a single sherry butt for 21 years before being bottled in December 1994. |
 Linlithgow 1975 / 22 Year Old / Silent Stills / Signatory Lowland Whisky £1,200.00 Country: Scotland Region: Lowland Age: 22 Year Old Strength: 51.7% 70cl Vintage: 1975 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 51.7% / Signatory – A rare cask-strength bottling of the now-defunct Linlithgow (aka St. Magdalene). This single cask from the 1975 vintage was bottled in the late 1990s by Signatory for their Silent stills series. |
 Highland Park 1977 / 21 Year Old / Bicentenary/ Repatriation Island Whisky £1,200.00 Country: Scotland Region: Island Age: 21 Year Old Strength: 40% 70cl Vintage: 1977 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 40% / Distillery Bottling – The re-packaged version of the famous Highland Park Bicentenary bottle. Although the original version was believed to have sold out on release in 1997, hundreds of bottles were found in a Japanese warehouse in 2008. |
 Lagavulin 1980 / Distillers Edition / Litre Islay Whisky £1,200.00 Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: Strength: 43% 100cl Vintage: 1980 Bottler: Summary: 100cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – A 1980 vintage release of Lagavulin's PX sherry matured distillers edition. This particular vintage was actually released some years ago and is now a tad difficult to get hold of. |
 White Horse / Bot.1940 / Late King George V £1,200.00 Country: Blended Region: Blended Age: Strength: 40% 75cl Vintage: 1940 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 40% – A lovely old bottle of White Horse from 1940 – but sadly a great deal of the whisky inside has evaporated over the intervening decades. This is a very pretty collectors bottle, but the remaining contents are almost certainly undrinkable, and we advise that they should not be consumed. |
 Suntory Yamazaki Bourbon Barrel / Bot.2013 Japanese Single Malt Whisky £1,200.00 Country: Japanese Region: Japanese Age: Strength: 48.2% 70cl Vintage: 2013 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 48.2% / Distillery Bottling – A bottle of Yamazaki Bourbon Barrel from the 2013 Cask Collection, the final year of the series. Aged in 180 litre casks which used to hold bourbon and matured in a warm moist climate resulting in an elegant and sweet Japanese whisky. |
 Suntory Yamazaki Puncheon / Bot.2013 Japanese Single Malt Whisky £1,200.00 Country: Japanese Region: Japanese Age: Strength: 48% 70cl Vintage: 2013 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 48% / Distillery Bottling – A bottle of Yamazaki Puncheon from the 2013 Cask Collection, the final year of the series. Aged in 480 litre oak Puncheon, this is a rich and sweet Japanese whisky, but one that is elegant due to the slightly slower ageing caused by the smaller spirit to wood ratio. |
 Glenrothes 1972 / 31 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky £1,200.00 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 31 Year Old Strength: 43% 70cl Vintage: 1972 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – A 1972 vintage Glenrothes, a brand owned by wine merchants Berry Brothers & Rudd. Distilled on December 5, it was aged for 31 years before being bottled on March 29,2004. |
 Balvenie 30 Year Old / Old Presentation Speyside Whisky £1,200.00 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 30 Year Old Strength: 47.3% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 47.3% / Distillery Bottling – A highly thought of 30 year old from Balvenie that netted a Gold Medal at the 2010 International Spirits Challenge and a 90 points from Serge Valentin on Whisky fun. |
 Lagavulin 12 Year Old / Bot.1980s Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky £1,250.00 Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: 12 Year Old Strength: 43% 75cl Vintage: 1980 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – An old bottling of Lagavulin 12 years old produced by White Horse Distillers. We estimate this bottle dates from the 1980s. |
 Brora 1982 / 20 Year Old / Signatory Highland Whisky £1,250.00 Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 20 Year Old Strength: 58.6% 70cl Vintage: 1982 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 58.6% / Signatory – A rich and maritime Brora bottling from Signatory Vintage. Distilled in 1982, the year before the distillery closed, and aged for 20 years, this was bottled in November 2002. It's an excellent example of the more austere and coastal side of Brora's character. |
 Brora 1981 / 22 Year Old / Sherry Butt / Signatory Highland Whisky £1,400.00 Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 22 Year Old Strength: 56.4% 70cl Vintage: 1981 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 56.4% / Signatory – A 1981 vintage Brora released by independent bottlers Signatory as part of their Cask strength Collection series. Distilled on December 8, it was aged in sherry butt 1561 for 22 years before 611 bottles were yielded on October 6 2004. |
 Lagavulin 15 Year Old / Bot.1980s Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky £1,500.00 Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: 15 Year Old Strength: 45% 75cl Vintage: 1980 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 45% / Distillery Bottling – A 15 year old Lagavulin bottled by the distillery in the 1980s and presented in a ceramic jug. |
 Brora 1981 / 19 Year Old / Refill Sherry / Bottlers Highland Whisky £1,500.00 Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 19 Year Old Strength: 60.4% 70cl Vintage: 1981 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 60.4% / The Bottlers – An incredibly well-scored refill-sherry-cask-matured Brora, with an average of 91.5 points on Whiskybase. Distilled in June 1981 and bottled in July 2000, it's a great example of sherry matured Brora, marrying dried fruit with the distillery's rich and oily character. |
 Brora 1981 / 19 Year Old / The Bottlers Highland Whisky £1,500.00 Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 19 Year Old Strength: 61% 70cl Vintage: 1981 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 61% / The Bottlers – A 1981 vintage Brora from indie The Bottlers. It was aged in a refill sherry butt for 19 years before being bottled at the turn of the millennium. |
 Longmorn Centenary 25 Year Old Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky £1,750.00 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 25 Year Old Strength: 45% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 45% / Distillery Bottling – Not the most expensive malt in our Luxury Collection, but this is a class act, and a benchmark malt for Longmorn, one of the very best distilleries in Speyside. Superb flavour concentration with the distillery's trademark grapefruit, boiled sweets and a hint of smoke. |
 Glenrothes 1954 / 28 Year Old / Connoisseurs Choice Speyside Whisky £2,000.00 Country: Scotland Region: Speyside Age: 28 Year Old Strength: 40% 75cl Vintage: 1954 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 40% / Gordon & MacPhail – A Connoisseurs Choice bottling of an ancient Glenrothes 1954 from Gordon & Macphail – and judging by the colour this is very likely to have come from a sherry cask. |
 Lagavulin 12 Year Old / Bot.1970s Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky £2,000.00 Country: Scotland Region: Islay Age: 12 Year Old Strength: 43% 75cl Vintage: 1970 Bottler: Summary: 75cl / 43% / Distillery Bottling – An old bottling of Lagavulin at 12 years old bottled by "White Horse Distillers". This is a reference to the Lagavulin sharing the same ownership as the White Horse blend, of which Lagavulin is a major constituent part. We estimate this bottle dates from the 1970s. |
 Brora 1977 / 21 Year Old / Rare Malts Highland Whisky £2,500.00 Country: Scotland Region: Highland Age: 21 Year Old Strength: 56.9% 70cl Vintage: 1977 Bottler: Summary: 70cl / 56.9% / Distillery Bottling – A very rare Brora bottled for the Rare Malts range in the late 1990s. These bottlings have passed into legend and are now incredibly difficult to get hold of. |
 Springbank 25 Year Old / Millennium Set Campbeltown Whisky £2,500.00 Country: Scotland Region: Campbeltown Age: 25 Year Old Strength: 46% 70cl Summary: 70cl / 46% / Distillery Bottling – A 25 year old bottling released as part of the Millennium Set of releases from Springbank. The set comprised whiskies bottled at 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 and 50 years of age. Anyone who collected the 6 received a free set of miniatures of the same. This was awarded an average of 91 points from 6 of the Malt Maniacs. |
