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  • Glen Moray 17 Years Old 2003 Chardonnay Cask 7670

    Glen Moray 17 Years Old 2003 Chardonnay Cask Whisky Review: Pretty full on at cask strength this is packed with fruits and tannins, with water some peppery spice still remains. 85/100 Continue reading

  • Tomintoul 15 Years Old 2005 Amontillado Finish

    Tomintoul 15 Years Old 2005 Amontillado Finish Whisky Review: A much more delicate dram than the Dailuaine, more typically speyside and slightly more typically sherried here also. Leather and sun-dried fruits combine with plenty of orange zest and hazelnut. 88/100 Continue reading

    Tomintoul 15 Years Old 2005 Amontillado Finish

  • Dailuaine 12 Years Old 2008 PX Finish

    Dailuaine 12 Years Old 2008 PX Finish Whisky Review: Thick and dark dram, full of coffee cake, tiramisu and black forest gateaux. That heavy and touch sulphury Dailuaine character here adds meat to the fibrous nutty and ground coffee nature.… Continue reading

    Dailuaine 12 Years Old 2008 PX Finish

  • Caperdonich 22 Years Old 1997 Lady of the Glen

    Caperdonich 22 Years Old Whisky Review: A real cake of a dram, there is some tropical fruit notes and plenty of tannic oaky spice which reveals its age. Coupled with that odd acidity and over tannic oak I can’t help… Continue reading

    Caperdonich 22 Years Old 1997 Lady of the Glen

  • Knockando 18 Years Old 1998

    Knockando 18 Years Old 1998 Whisky Review: Much fresher and zestier then the 1994 expression, much more barley influence is discernible here and a much better balance is struck because of it. Plenty of chocolate and orange notes combine well… Continue reading

    Knockando 18 Years Old 1998

  • Knockando 18 Years Old 1994

    Knockando 18 Years Old 1994 Whisky Review: Quite deep and dark with plenty of woody and malty notes and distinct sherry influence with dried fruits such as raisins, plenty of caramel and toffee also, very nice. 85/100 Continue reading

    Knockando 18 Years Old 1994

  • Knockando 15 Years Old 1999

    Knockando 15 Years Old 1999 Whisky Review: Much more sherried than the 1997 vintage, in texture, colour and flavour. A completely different beast, still with plenty of nutty and floral notes but superior overall. 85/100 Continue reading

  • Knockando 15 Years Old 1997

    Knockando 15 Years Old 1997 Whisky Review: Malty and floral, spicy and nutty, coffee, etc, this has it all but is perhaps a little too spiced for me. 82/100 Continue reading

    Knockando 15 Years Old 1997

  • Knockando 12 Years Old 2004

    Knockando 12 Years Old 2004 Whisky Review: Wow, quite different from the 2003 vintage, juicier and more sherried and much less drying/oaky and spiced. 82/100 Continue reading

  • Knockando 12 Years Old 2003

    Knockando 12 Years Old 2003 Whisky Review: A fruity and creamy expression with more than a touch of minerality, more like antacids than Edinburgh rock, reasonably pleasing creamy texture but a bit meh flavour wise. 74/100 Continue reading