Dry sherry and make no mistake. Silky, juicy delivery; cramped slightly by a background bitterness; spices take their time but arrive eventually. Doubly dry finale thanks to both big oak and the sherry influence. Could do with... Read More
From the Aberlour 10 school of brilliant noses: the quality of the sherry butts used is as good as you can find today with their clean, almost inspirational gently spiced clarity offering sufficient permeability to allow both... Read More
Amber, with shades of ruby. Notes of complex honey-drenched fruit (sultana, marmalade, peaches, apples), toffee, treacle, and hint of mint. Full, rich texture and lush body. Long, warming, moderately spicy finish. -Malt Advocate... Read More
Ardbeg Ten Years Old is the ever-peaty, ever-popular core expression of the Ardbeg range. More complex, citrus-led and sophisticated than recent bottlings, though the peat is no less but now simply displayed in an even greater... Read More
Excitable malt; lively almost piercing sugars. Incredible spice delivery, seriously warming and increasingly sensual as the malt fights back. Lots of toffee-barley. Tasted blind I would never have recognised the distilllery. -Jim... Read More
The Balvenie Doublewood Single Malt Scotch Whisky is a 12 year old single malt which gains its distinctive character from being matured in two woods. During its period of maturation The Balvenie Doublewood is transferred from... Read More
Glenmorangie's Quinta Ruban is a velvety-textured single malt whisky for confident, colorful, dynamic luxury spirit drinkers who like to take the lead. Maturation in ruby port pipes develops the Quinta Ruban into a voluptuously... Read More
Both dry and juicy. Fat, rich delivery with a wonderful dovetailing of juicy barley and thick, rumbling fruit. Lots of toffee on the finish, but gets away with it thanks to the sheer depth to the barley and the busy sherry sub-plot.... Read More
