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Young malt celebrated rather than apologised for — Compass Box proving that youth is a virtue, not a vice.
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Duncan Cairns
April 10, 2026
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The Wemyss family's peated blend — twelve years of Islay-led smoke in a well-priced blended malt.
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April 10, 2026
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London's oldest wine and spirit merchant blends a sherried malt — elegant, traditional and quietly excellent.
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April 10, 2026
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Pure Islay peat distilled to its essence — a blended malt that captures the island's smoky soul.
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April 10, 2026
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A maritime blended malt from Scotland's islands — briny, smoky and bottled with Douglas Laing's trademark honesty.
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April 10, 2026
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Five Speyside single malts from five master blenders — Chivas's most luxurious and personal expression.
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April 10, 2026
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The overlooked Walker — a 15-year-old blended malt of Talisker, Linkwood, Cragganmore and Caol Ila that outperforms its ...
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April 10, 2026
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Formerly Naked Grouse — a sherried blended malt built on Highland Park and Macallan, punching above its price.
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April 10, 2026
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Douglas Laing's elegant Lowland blended malt — soft, floral and gently sweet, named in honour of Glasgow and Edinburgh's...
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April 10, 2026
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Compass Box's love letter to Spain — a blended malt finished in sherry and red wine casks.
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April 10, 2026
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Britain's oldest wine and spirit merchant, trading from 3 St James's Street since 1698, applies three centuries of blend...
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April 10, 2026
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Before Adelphi built Ardnamurchan in 2014, they spent two decades as one of Scotland's most respected single-cask bottle...
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