Speyside

The sublime 33-year-old Glenburgie belongs to Gordon & MacPhail's Connoisseurs Choice, in which the independent bottler seeks out rare whiskies from renowned as well as smaller distilleries and stores them in its own casks. The Single Malt Whisky, born in 1987, was matured in a refill sherry hogshead before it was bottled in 2022 at cask strength, neither chill-filtered nor coloured.

The Connoisseurs Choice series of the independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail has existed since the 1960s. In 2018, the complete range was relaunched. The Connoisseurs Choice series now also includes cask strength editions or special post-maturations. Each Single Malt is created as a single cask or from a small number of casks. Detailed information about the vintage and cask type can be found on the bottle label.

This Craigellachie from the Exceptional Cask Series is produced as a limited batch. The unique specimen matured for 37 long years in Scottish refill casks and was refined in first-fill ex-Bourbon casks before it was bottled neither chill-filtered nor coloured with increased alcohol content.

Craigellachie means stony hill. The distillery continues to use traditional worm tubs to cool the distillate. They give the whisky a special Taste.

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This whisky from the Benrinnes distillery in Speyside spent 15 years in a single hogshead. The 'Orcines' brand, under which this single malt whisky is bottled, was created by Gabriel and Pierre Tissandier in France. They bottle Scottish single malts independently under this name. Bourbon hogsheads were mainly used in order to minimise distortion of the respective distillery character.

The Menteith bottling of The Thanes series from the Macbeth Collection Act One is embodied by a 31-year-old Benriach.

The Macbeth series was created in a collaboration between Scotch designer Lexi Livingstone Burgess and Elixir Distillers from England. The illustrations by artist Sir Quentin Blake show a different character from Shakespeare's tragedy on each bottle. There are to be a total of 42 different special bottlings in this series, which will be released in three annual acts until 2025. The tasting notes were written in rhyme by spirits expert and author Dave Broom.

This 31-year-old Tormore belongs to Gordon & MacPhail's Connoisseurs Choice, in which the independent bottler seeks out rare whiskies from renowned as well as smaller distilleries and stores them in its own casks. The Single Malt Whisky, born in 1991, was matured in a refill sherry butt before it was bottled in 2022 at cask strength, neither chill-filtered nor coloured.

The Connoisseurs Choice series of the independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail has existed since the 1960s. In 2018, the complete range was relaunched. The Connoisseurs Choice series now also includes cask strength editions or special post-maturations. Each Single Malt is created as a single cask or from a small number of casks. Detailed information about the vintage and cask type can be found on the bottle label.

The 30-year-old Tormore belongs to Gordon & MacPhail's Connoisseurs Choice, in which the independent bottler seeks out rare whiskies from renowned as well as smaller distilleries and stores them in its own casks. The Single Malt Whisky, born in 1991, was matured in a refill sherry butt before it was bottled in 2021 at 55.7/vol. in cask strength, neither chill-filtered nor coloured. The Connoisseurs Choice series of the independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail has existed since the 1960s. In 2018, the complete range was restructured. The Connoisseurs Choice series now also includes cask strength editions or special post-maturations. Each Single Malt is created as a single cask or from a small number of casks. Detailed information about the vintage and cask type can be found on the bottle label.

The Craigellachie distillery still distils and condenses its whisky in traditional copper worm tubs. Great importance is also attached to the quality of the barley. This original bottling was matured for over 19 years in ex-bourbon casks, 50% in first-fill sherry casks and 50% in first-fill bourbon casks.

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This 10-year-old Linkwood matured in a first-fill bourbon cask and was released by the independent bottler Signatory Vintage. Andrew Symington founded his company at the end of the 1980s and has always maintained good contact with the distilleries. Today he can call a stock of over 10,000 casks his own. This bottling is part of Signatory's Cask Strength Collection, in which the whiskies are bottled directly at cask strength. They are particularly recommended for advanced connoisseurs. All bottles carry precise information about the distillation and bottling dates as well as the casks.

Elders' Reserve honours the elders and their knowledge in the Rothes community. The single malt was bottled exclusively for Travel Retail.

This bottling is one of the best from the independent bottler Gordon & MacPhail. An ancient Macallan from sherry casks! Already the dark colour shows the strong influence of the Oloroso sherry casks.

This annual bottling from Macallan matured for 30 years in hand-selected sherry oak casks from Jerez, Andalusia (Spain). Rich notes of dried fruits, oranges and spices characterise the taste of this Highland Scotch. The distillery has been known for its typical combination of oak and spirit since it was founded in 1824.

The Macallan Double Cask spent 30 long years in hand-selected American and European oak casks that were previously filled with sherry. The annual bottling from 2022 comes in natural colour in the elegant bottles, which are delivered in high-quality wooden outer packaging.