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Aged in oak and former Sherry casks, this enticing Scotch has a ripe red-apple scent and rich salted caramel and...
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Amber color. Aromas and flavors of toast with orange marmalade, green olive, snicker bar, salted pecans, honey, and...
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96-100 Intriguing and challenging bouquet of aromas of roasted nuts, old leather, black pepper, old oak and dried...
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#5 Top 20, 2019. The yin to Aberlour A’bunadh’s yang, this cask-strength single malt is matured entirely in...
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Dark amber color. Aromas of roasted peanuts, molasses cookies, coconut, caramel, and dark chocolate with a satiny,...
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This whisky was distilled in 1999 and laid to rest in first-fill sherry hogshead #3089 for 21 years before being...
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Malt-forward on the nose, but with nice, bright aromatics like lemon oil, heather honey, green apple skin, and hints...
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Soft melodies of warm cereal, almond biscotti, maple honey, backed bramble fruit sing from the glass. The palate is...
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750ml
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COLOUR: Bronze. NOSE: Baked apple and creamy hazelnut malt with overtones of ginger-spiced apricot and honey. TASTE:...
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A wonderfully complex nose expressing caramel apples, toffee cake, and old cedar, all wrapped up in subtle nuances of...
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Toffee and cocoa aromas nestle with mild peat on the nose. The palate mingles toffee and dark chocolate with dried...
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Small batch made with heavily peated barley. Benromach Peat Smoke is matured in first-fill bourbon barrels. It offers...
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The aromatics leap from the glass filling the room with the sweet scents of malt, ripe orchard fruits, creme caramel,...
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Spirits
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Master blender Stephanie Macleod is at it again with this sumptuous sipper, which is soft, sweet, and lovely. On the...
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This is a delightfully rich whisky showing heady aromas of toffee cake, candied barley, golden plums, and citrus...
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Complex aromas of red apple peels, cedar, warm grains, brown butter, and blanched almonds pirouette from the glass....
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Endearing & gentle. Clean. Maltiest malts of the year. Grist melting on the tongue. Batch strength 100 proof. Just a...
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Champagne Blend Primitivo Single Malt Scotch Scotland Speyside 750ml

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn't unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as 'blanc de blanc', meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or 'blanc de noir', which is made solely with Pinot Noir.

As with many European grape varietals, there is some debate regarding the precise origins of the Primitivo grape. Most people now agree that it probably came from Croatia, where it is still used widely in the production of red wine, and it known as Tribidrag. However, today it is a grape most commonly associated with the powerful red wines of Puglia, the heel of Italy’s boot, where the intense sunshine and brisk Mediterranean breezes produce grapes of remarkable character and balance. Primitivo is a dark grape, known for producing intense, inky, highly tannic wines, most notably the naturally sweet Dolce Naturale and the heavy and complex Primitivo di Manduria wines. Primitivo tends to be naturally very high in both tannin and alcohol, making it ideal for both barrel and cellar ageing, which brings out its more rounded and interesting features.


Primitivo is not the easiest grape to grow or manage, and it has had something of a difficult century. Indeed, by the 1990s, there was little interest in Puglian wines in general, and winemakers were neglecting their Primitivo vineyards and looking to other, more commercially viable varietals. However, the last decade has seen this grape come well and truly back into fashion, with new techniques and a heightened interest in native Italian grape varietals bringing Primitivo back into the spotlight. It is now widely loved for its intensity and ability to be paired with strongly flavored foods.

When you think of Scotch whisky, you are probably thinking of the whiskies of Speyside. This fascinating and unique corner of the country is tucked into the north-east coast of Scotland, where the north sea batters the cliffs and cold, arctic winds make life hard for the families who have worked there for generations. Speyside is the most industrious and productive whisky region in Scotland, and this small area on the river Spey between Moray and Badenoch produces more whisky than any other part of Scotland, due to the enormous number of famed distilleries which can be found there. No less than sixty percent of all Scotland’s whiskies come out of Speyside, and certain distilleries produce vast quantities of the spirit, with one distillery churning out 12.5 million litres of whisky per year for a global audience.

In Speyside, we can find the big-hitters of the scotch whisky world. Indeed, the two best selling single malt whiskies on earth are produced here - Glenlivet and Glenfiddich - still made using traditional techniques and fiercely guarded secret methods which have been passed down through the ages.

Speyside single malt whiskies fall comfortably into two quite distinctive camps. Whiskies like Glenlivet, for example, typify the light and smooth end of the spectrum - comforting, delicious and full of fresh, grassy flavors. On the other side, we have the heavier, richer and sweeter whiskies which age in sherry barrels and take on a caramel complexity which has its own dedicated fanbase.