TOP 10 WHISKIES £100-£200

Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Distillery Bottling 70cl / 46.3%
 
One of Bunnahbhain's flagship bottlings, the distillery's 18-year-old is richly-sherried without being cloying or over-powered. This whisky carries its 46.3% strength lightly while still packing plenty of sweet sherry flavours and the faintest whisper of earthy peat. A very elegant dram.

It's amazing to think that it's now over a decade since Bunnahabhain (and sister distilleries Deanston and Tobermory) dropped chill filtration and colouring and upped the strength of their official bottlings to 46.3%. How the brand's fortunes have improved since then, with Malt Whisky Yearbook reporting a 160% increase in sales in the last ten years. It really shows the value of listening to your customers.

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Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Distillery Bottling 70cl / 46.8% 

A limited edition 18-year-old Tamdhu, the oldest core range expression yet released by the distillery since its revival by Ian Macleod Distillers in 2011.

Tamdhu 18-year-old is matured entirely in Oloroso-seasoned sherry casks of both European and American oak, and has been bottled at 46.8% without colouring or chill filtration. Tamdhu has been overlooked for a long time - hopefully this cracking 18-year-old will bring more fans to this underrated distillery.

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Nose: Dry nutty sherry, cherry, milk chocolate, rum raisin, citrus, baked oats and plum.

Palate: Sherry notes are rich, complex and mouthcoating with vanilla, brown sugar, red apple and dried fruits.

Finish: Long and warming, dried apricot and dates, soft spice and stewed apple.

Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Distillery Bottling 70cl / 43%

From the new Soleo Collection range at Glenrothes is the 18 years old.

Glenrothes have moved away from naming their whiskies after vintages and have gone down the age statement route.

Soleo is the traditional process of sun-drying the grapes that are used in the production of sherry. The grapes turn from bright green to yellow and finally to deep purple and this is reflected in the new packaging.

100% matured in sherry seasoned casks, and a high proportion being 1st fill this is a lovely sweet dram with a nice sweet-spice finish.

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Island Single Malt Scotch Whisky 
Bottled by John Crabbie 70cl / 47.5%

This Crabbie 1999 22-year-old Orkney whisky is another of the company's superb single casks of 'mystery' single malt whisky, and like the previous editions it's not that difficult a mystery to solve - and the answer should make fans of that particular Orkney distillery very happy.

Here we have a single bourbon cask of the 1999 vintage whisky from that very famous Orkney distillery, finished in a Palo Cortado sherry cask and bottled as a 22-year-old in 2021. This Crabbie 1999 single cask yielded 253 bottles at 47.5% and was bottled without colouring or chill filtration.

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Colour: Bright gold.

Nose: Hints of raisins, dried fruit, vanilla fudge and berries, balanced with peppery smoke.

Palate: Layers of sweet berries and cream, with soft coffee caramel toffee. Dried fruit develops to a sweet, balanced peppered smokiness, with hints of dark chocolate and coffee.

Finish: Long, lingering and smoky.

Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky 
Bottled by: Signatory Vintage 70cl / 52.4% 

An extraordinarily dark Allt-A-Bhainne from Signatory, this is a single cask of the 2000 vintage that began life in hogshead casks before being transferred into what it's safe to assume was an absolute doozy of a fresh sherry butt for the last eight  months of maturation.

Bottled in 2021 as a 20-year-old for Signatory's Cask Strength Collection, this epic sherry-finished Allt-A-Bhainne yielded 703 bottles at 52.4%. It's fair to say that Allt-A-Bhainne isn't always the first single malt on people's watchlists, but nothing this colour lasts long on our site, so if you're a sherry fan it'd be wise to click fast.

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Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky 
Bottled by: Signatory Vintage 70cl / 59.5% 

Signatory can be relied upon to ferret out great casks from good distilleries that make single malt too important for blends for their owners to market properly as single malts in their own right.

This Inchgower 1997 looks like a good case in point. Most of the distillery's output is needed for Bell's blended whisky but it's a very fine single malt in its own right.  Signatory have bottled this one at 23 years old, with most of the last three years finishing in a sherry cask.

Bottled at its impressive full natural strength of 59.5% with 690 bottles outturn, so this was probably originally two or three bourbon hogsheads re-racked into the sherry cask for the final maturation period.

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Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Distillery Bottling 70cl / 46%

This 21-year-old Benriach has been matured in a combination of Virgin Oak cask, Pedro Ximenez Sherry casks and Red Wine casks.

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Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Distillery Bottling 70cl / 46%

This 21-Year-Old Benriach is matured in American Bourbon barrels, this whisky is then finished in Tawny Port Hogsheads, sourced from the Douro region in the north of Portugal.

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Blended Scotch Whisky
Bottled By Glenallachie Distillery 70cl / 48%

A magnificent resurrection for the White Heather blended Scotch whisky brand, after decades languishing in nostalgic oblivion. Billy Walker, impresario of Glenallachie has reclaimed the White Heather brand and reimagined it as a prestige blend, and there literally couldn't be a better man for the job.

White Heather 21-year-old has been made by vatting a batch of 18-year-old single malts and grains from ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks before returning them to sherry casks and a few virgin oak casks for an extraordinary three years of marrying before bottling at a hearty 48%.

The blend itself has a remarkable 47% malt content of which the vast majority is Speyside and Highland single malts (it's a fair guess that there's a hefty chunk of sherried Glenallachie in there), with a dash of Islay malt to add smoke and depth.

It's always great when an old favourite makes a triumphant return. Kudos to Mr Walker and his team, we can't wait to see what's next for White Heather whisky.

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Nose: Beautifully soft background with heather honey, butterscotch, peat reek and hints of tannins.

Palate: Rich notes of heather honey, butterscotch, orange peel and soft tannins.

Finish: Balanced with a wonderful presence of peat and smoke.

Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Distillery Bottling 70cl / 43%

This particular bottling replaced the Glengoyne 17-year-old at the back end of 2012 as part of a range change.

A mix of ageing in refill sherry casks and first-fill sherry casks results in a dark, rich and fruity dram.

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Colour: Medium gold with a rich glow.

Nose: Awash with red apple, ripe melon and fresh banana. Heavenly and well rounded, it drifts into hot porridge topped with brown sugar.

Palate: Full bodied, round and rich. At first macerated fruits, marzipan and walnuts; then warm spices, dry cocoa and lingering Seville marmalade.