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Highland

Highland single malt scotch whisky

  • Glenmorangie 12 Years Old Lasanta

    Glenmorangie Lasanta 12 Years Old (46%, OB, 2nd Edition, Oloroso Finish, 2011) 46% ABV, £35-45 for 70cl Score: 84/100 What they say: Elegant but full bodied this whisky has spent ten years maturing in American white oak ex-bourbon casks before… Continue reading

    Glenmorangie 12 Years Old Lasanta

  • Glenmorangie 12 Years Old Nectar D’Or

    Glenmorangie Nectar D’Or (46%, OB, 2nd Edition, Sauternes Finish, 2011) 46% ABV, £35-£40 for 70cl Score: 82/100 What they say: Great to see French casks that actually complement a whisky – so rare! An exercise in outrageously good sweet-dry balancing”… Continue reading

    Glenmorangie 12 Years Old Nectar D’Or

  • Glenmorangie 10 Years Old Original

    It is incredibly smooth and drinkable. It is enjoyably not too sweet or challenging. Heather honey and fruits dominate in what is quite a subtly complicated whisky. Always room for more of this on my whisky shelf. 84/100 Continue reading

    Glenmorangie 10 Years Old Original

  • Deanston 19 Year Old 1992 Single Cask

    Deanston 19 Year Old Single Cask (53.4%, Master of Malt, Bourbon Cask, 260 Bottles, 2012) 53.4% ABV, £59.95 Score: 85/100 What they say: This was distilled at the Deanston distillery on the 16th December 1992. It then spent 19 full… Continue reading

    Deanston 19 Year Old 1992 Single Cask

  • Deanston Batch 2

    Deanston Batch 2 (49.6%, That Boutique-y Whisky Company, 248 Bottles, 2014) 49.6% ABV, £59.95 Score: 81/100 What they say: Batch 2 of That Boutique-y Whisky Company’s bottling of Deanston single malt features a comic book-style label showing the stills being… Continue reading

    Deanston Batch 2

  • Deanston 12 Year Old 1999 Glenkeir Treasures Selection

    Deanston 12 Year Old 1999 Oloroso Cask – Glenkeir Treasures Selection (40%, The Whisky Shop, 2011) ABV: 40% Age: 12 Years Old Bottling: The Whisky Shop, Glenkeir Treasures Selection Category: Highland single malt scotch whisky Cost: £44 for 50cl Origin: Deanston Distillery… Continue reading

    Deanston 12 Year Old 1999 Glenkeir Treasures Selection

  • Hopetoun Single Malt Scotch Whisky

    ‘Hopetoun’ Single Malt Scotch Whisky ~ 40% (Hopetoun) 40% ABV, Score: 80/100 What they say: A whisky with a deep oaky flavour with a smooth aftertaste of caramel and spice. What I say: Bottled for Hopetoun House and sold at… Continue reading

    Hopetoun Single Malt Scotch Whisky

  • Glenturret 10 Year Old

    Glenturret 10 Year Old (40%, OB, 2014) 40% ABV, £34.99 for 70cl Score: 84/100 What they say: The Glenturret 10 year old single malt whisky, produced at Scotland’s oldest distillery, the Brand home of The Famous Grouse. On the palate,… Continue reading

    Glenturret 10 Year Old

  • Lochside 13 Years Old 1991 Connoisseurs Choice (Gordon & MacPhail)

    Lochside 13 Years Old 1991 Connoisseurs Choice 43% (Gordon and MacPhail) 43% ABV, £50 Score: 82/100 What they say: From: http://www.gordonandmacphail.com/connoisseurs-choice/connoisseurs-choice-lochside-distilled-1991-strength-43-67.html Lochside Distillery began life as a brewery in the 1890s. After closing in the 1950s the site was bought by… Continue reading

    Lochside 13 Years Old 1991 Connoisseurs Choice (Gordon & MacPhail)

  • Tomatin 19 Year Old 1994 Fidra (Lockett Bros)

    ‘Fidra’ Tomatin 19 Year Old 1994 (55.5%, Lockett Bros, Refill HH #12351, 2013) 55.5% ABV, £69.99 for 70cl Score: 85/100 What they say: A sweet, buttery Tomatin, distilled in 1994 and aged in a refill hogshead for 19 years before… Continue reading

    Tomatin 19 Year Old 1994 Fidra (Lockett Bros)