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A confident peated Japanese single malt from Kurayoshi Distillery, bottled at 48% with genuine character and a smoke pro...
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Duncan Cairns
February 15, 2026
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Talisker's 43-year-old Xpedition Oak expression is a commanding, full-strength Island single malt that rewards patience ...
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February 15, 2026
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A single cask Ardbeg from 1991 — bottled by Murray McDavid at natural strength from a period when the distillery was bar...
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Joe Whitfield
February 15, 2026
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Macallan's Diamonds Are Forever 2007 is a vintage-dated 18 Year Old Speyside single malt bottled at a purposeful 45.5% A...
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February 15, 2026
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A 1974 vintage Highland single malt with 26 years of maturation, the Old Pulteney 1974 is a rare and authoritative bottl...
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February 14, 2026
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A 25-year-old independent bottling of 1970s Ardbeg at cask strength — the kind of Islay whisky that reminds you why the ...
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February 14, 2026
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A rare eighteen-year-old Lowland single malt from the now-silent St Magdalene distillery, bottled in the 1980s by Gordon...
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February 14, 2026
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Johnnie Walker's alpine-inspired Blue Label edition delivers the signature smooth, honeyed blend in luxury packaging des...
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February 14, 2026
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Arbikie's Peated Highland Rye 1794 is a genuinely singular Scottish single grain — rye-driven, lightly smoked, and bottl...
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February 14, 2026
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A 21-year-old single cask Bowmore finished in oloroso sherry and bottled at cask strength by Single Cask Nation — this i...
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February 14, 2026
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A 24-year-old cask-strength Tomintoul from Gordon & MacPhail's Connoisseurs Choice series — refined Speyside character w...
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February 14, 2026
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The Macallan's James Bond 60th Anniversary Decade II is a 60-year-old Speyside single malt that justifies its £999 price...
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February 14, 2026