Color: Light Gold.
Body: Light to Medium.
Nose: Islay-peaty with a touch of seaweed and geranium.
Palate: Dry and smoky. Hints of seaweed with a lemonade sweetness.
Finish: Strong and fresh with a soft warmth.

750 ml- $25.99

Settled near the river Deveron, on the border of the Speyside area, the Macduff distillery has been created by the Glen Deveron Distillers Ltd in 1962. It has been sold 12 years later to the Bacardi group.
During its short history, the Macduff distillery has had several alterations, in order to test different distillation techniques.
Macduff was the first of all distilleries in Scotland to experiment metal mashtuns, and it was also the first one to use steam to heat the stills.

Brand Tambowie
Expression 12 Year Old Highland Pure Malt
Type Scotch whisky / Single malt
Age 12 Year Old
Abv 40.00%
Region Highlands

750 ml- $23.99

A medium, rounded body, very sweet and malty with subtle hints of spice and cinnamon. A dram for any time of the day.

COLOUR
Light Gold.

BODY Medium and Rounded.
NOSE Malty with a dry lightly peated nose. Hints of spice together with cinnamon and hazelnut.
PALATE Chewy well balanced taste with the malt more evident. The peaty character is contained more on the finish. A complex fruitiness completes this fine example of Highland Malt.
FINISH Very smooth mouth filling aftertaste.

750 ml - $25.99

The gentle, full flavour and rich glow of Lowland Single Malt Scotch Whisky.
A gentleness lent it by the soft, pure, Lowland Waters.

COLOUR Ripe Summer Barley.
BODY Light, Fresh and Very Smooth.
NOSE Fruity and slightly flowery, with oak and caramel, and just a hint of buttered toast.
PALATE Spearmint, slightly citrus, freshness. No peaty influences to dominate the fruity, freshly cut barley. Clean taste.
FINISH Good example of unpeated malt; smooth and mellow with a butterscotch texture. Very interesting.

750 ml- $25.99

A very distinctive peaty, sea breeze character with underlying notes of vanilla and lemon.
It has a long, warming finish; ideal at the end of a long hard day.

COLOUR Warm honey.
BODY Firm and Robust.
NOSE Atlantic sea spray. Peat fires, burnt oak, with just a trace of vanilla and lemon
PALATE Strong Islay character, the sea tang and peaty taste is very dominant, however on the front palate the malty vanilla flavour brings balance to the overall taste.
FINISH Lots of Islay power ensures a warm, long-lasting distinctive West Coast finish.

750 ml- $25.99

Old Rhosdhu is produced at Loch Lomond Distillery, along with Inchmurrin single malt. It is a relatively new, and thus rather rare malt, until recently. The first production of this malt took place in the mid-1960s and has been bottled for general distribution only in the last few years. The distillery is located in Dumbartonshire and actually sits astride the Highlands/Lowlands boundary line. It is classified as a Highland, however, since it gets its water from Loch Lomond, which is in the Highlands.

Tasting Notes:

Appearance: Deep amber, red gold (with a slight pink hue)

Nose: Medium to high intensity and complexity. Dry with a hint of sea air
Taste: Dry, medium bodied and smooth with
a clean, dry finish: faintly salty with a slight sherry note

"An unequivocally vivid and evocative maritime-influenced dram, a malt that could only be produced in this exceptional geographical location"
Oddbins Malt Whisky 2001 Brochure.

A 10-year-old bottling from this New Zealand distillery was quite pleasant. A white wine color with a touch of gold, the nose had an immediate bourbon presence, followed by a dusty, cereal grain aroma with floral and herbal notes. The palate was rather flat, sweet at first, then falling off to a long dry finish. I'll look forward to an older expression in the future.

750 ml- $28.99

The Tomintoul distillery has been founded in 1964 by the W&S Strong and Hay & MacLeod companies.
It has been named after one of the highest villages in the Highlands. This young and modern distillery doubled its production capacity in 1974, when its first single malt was marketed.
Tomintoul enters in the composition of the blends of Whyte & MacKay group, who has been owner of the distillery from 1973 until 2000.

Colour: Rich, amber, golden colour.

Nose: Good malty nose, soft and gentle, but with subtle hints of smokiness.