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A pre-war Speyside single malt bottled by Gordon & MacPhail after thirty years in oak — a quiet, confident dram that rew...
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Joe Whitfield
December 27, 2025
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A forty-nine-year-old single cask Glenfiddich from the Archive Collection, distilled in 1973 and bottled at a natural 42...
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December 27, 2025
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A 40-year-old cask strength Speyside from the underappreciated Tormore distillery, bottled from a single cask at 51.6% A...
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December 26, 2025
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Tamdhu's Cigar Malt Release 3 is a cask strength, sherry-matured Speyside built with purpose — rich, full-bodied, and un...
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December 26, 2025
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A 22-year-old cask strength single cask from Glen Keith's pre-mothballing era, Cask #69720 delivers Speyside character w...
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December 25, 2025
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Glenfiddich's 1972 Vintage Reserve is a 31-year-old Speyside single malt bottled at a confident 48.9% ABV. At £2,750 it ...
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December 25, 2025
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A 42-year-old Glen Grant bottled in the 1970s by Gordon & MacPhail — a rare Speyside of extraordinary age that rewards p...
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December 25, 2025
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A 1972-vintage Speyside single malt from Glenfarclas's revered Family Casks series, drawn from sherry cask #3546 at a co...
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December 25, 2025
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A young but confident Speyside from Macallan's coveted Easter Elchies series, bottled at a punchy 45.2% ABV. At £2,500 i...
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December 25, 2025
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A rare 1997 Manager's Dram bottling of Mannochmore at a formidable 66% cask strength — eighteen years of Speyside charac...
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December 25, 2025
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A 1970s bottling of Miltonduff-Glenlivet 12 Year Old offers a rare window into old-style Speyside character — fuller, wa...
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December 24, 2025
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A 1946-vintage Glenlivet bottled by Gordon & MacPhail after decades in cask. Rare, elegant, and unmistakably old in the ...
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December 24, 2025