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Single Malt Scotch
Our spirits department is a lead by Susan Purnell, a bonafide single malt fanatic. When she's not tracking down another great bottle to add to our shelves, she's likely to be found on a flight to Scotland on her way to meet with the distilleries. If you're looking for a great bottle of scotch, check out our selection below...
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Special Order Only! Will take 3-7 business days to receive this product before it can be shipped. Please ship in the whole gift packaging with cardboard box!!!! Jim McEwan's Tasting Notes: Color: Gold Bullion Body: Weighted with oils with a think and fabulous texture. Nose: Bursting from the glass comes an abundance of aromas fighting for recognition. Creamy vanilla, butterscotch, coconut, pineapple syrup, freshly baked farmhouse bread, I can go on and on! Palate: Intense fruit, caramel and vanilla, wild thyme and mint. Finish: A long dry finish bring... Read More »
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Special Order Only! Will take 5-10 days to receive this product before it can be shipped. This is a rare version of an unknown distillery that operates to contribute malt to several of the blends. This expression is unusual as it if very peaty. The normal malt form this distillery is very malty, almost cookie like. But this expression was peated to give it a smoky, spicy characteristic that lingers in the finish. For all you peat lovers out there is Speyside malt was made for you! 100% Bourbon casks and white wine in color, if you had it blind you wo... Read More »
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Special Order Only! Will take 3-5 days to receive this product before it can be shipped. Colour: Vibrant amber-gold. Nose: Fresh and beautifully light, sherried fruit combined with a tempting spicy sweetness and a hint of sappy oak. Flavour: Full bodied, delightful sherried fruit, with oak, a hint of peat and delicious sweet sensations. Finish: Long and flavoursome, with a lingering spiceness. Comment: An excellent introduction to the distillery style. Glenfarclas means Glen of the Green Grassland, and the freshness on the nose reminds me of grasslan... Read More »
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Special Order Only! Will take 3-7 days to receive this product before it can be shipped. Cask #3996 COLOR: Rich Gold. NOSE: Spearmint, Black Berries and Cookie Dough. PALATE: Starts Minty then Honey, Vanilla and White Oak. FINISH: Dried Herbs. 43% ABV
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Special Order Only! Will take 3-7 days to receive this product before it can be shipped. Linlithgow Distillery was established between the 1790's to early 1800's. The Distillery known as ‘Linlithgow’ or "St Magdalene" was operated at one time by Adam Dawson one of the first recorded licensed distillers. Tasting Notes: Colour: Amber with gold highlights. Nose: Vanilla and fruits mingling. Flavour: Lemon grass & honey. Finish: Crisp, dry and long. Hint of oak smoke. Cask #2214, 63.5% ABV
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Special Order Only! Will take 3-7 business days to receive this product before it can be shipped. Color: Straw. Nose: Grassy, minty and creamy. Palate: More grassy notes, quite oily and a touch of spice. Finish: Long and mouth coating. Comment: A cracking creamy grassy dram. In 1958 two Lomond stills were added to the Glenburgie Distillery, which enables the distillery to produce Glencraig single malt whisky. The Lomond stills were removed from Glenburgie in 1981. Cask #2926 40.05% ABV
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Special Order Only! Will take 3-7 business days to receive this product before it can be shipped. This is one of the best independent, cask strength bottles, of an Islay single malt, that I have tasted in a long time. Hmmmmm.... Ellenstown, what distillery could this malt be? Well, my nose and palate says it is a distillery that starts with an A!!!!!! All Bourbon cask here. It has a rich, creamy mouthfeel, touch of sweetness, huge puffs of campfire smoke and a wee bit of iodine. FANTASTIC! 58% ABV (Susan Purnell, K & L Wine Merchants, Spirit Buye... Read More »
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Special Order Only! Will take 5-10 days to receive this product before it can be shipped. Mortlach is one of seven distilleries in Dufftown and is the first to be licensed in the area. It is an important contributor to Johnnie Walker blends. This bottle has been matured in a sherry butt. 43% ABV
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Colour: Rich amber Nose: Complex, with distinctive butterscotch, sherried fruit and peat smoke aromas. Flavour: Big, full-flavoured, with excellent balance, develops slowly, full of sherry sweet malty tones, and a touch peat smoke. Finish: Long lasting and smooth, with a hint of spice and sherry sweetness. Comment: Hints of oak, complexity but finely balanced. Combines the smoothness of our younger whiskies with the greater depth of our older expressions. 43% ABV
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Special Order Only! Will take 3-7 days to receive this product before it can be shipped. Silver medal 2007 International Wine & Spirit Competition. The Glenfiddich 18 year old has a delightfully rich aroma reminisce of ripe orchard fruit, spiced apples and robust oakiness. The palate is luxurious and warming, with dried fruit, candied zest and dates buoyed by subtle Spanish Oloroso wood notes.
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Special Order Only! Will take 3-7 business days to receive this product before it can be shipped. Ok, this lovely 10 year old is no longer being produced. So, if you are a lover of this delightful dram buy it now!!!!!!!!!!!! Once it is gone, it is gone! Black bottle was once a closely guarded secret, known only to a few dedicated drinkers on Islay. It is a unique dram; a rich blend of all seven Islay distilleries! Gordon Graham & Company established Black Bottle in 1879. It is a blended of 45% Islay single malts and 55% grain whisky. The color is ri... Read More »
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Special Order Only! Will take 3-7 business days to receive this product before it can be shipped.. Cask #2831 44.7% ABV
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Special Order Only! Will take 3-7 business days to receive this product before it can be shipped. Bourbon Cask, 58.5% ABV
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Special Order Only! Will take 3-7 days to receive this product before it can be shipped.Cask #1016 41% ABV
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Special Order Only! Will take 3-7 business days to receive this product before it can be shipped. Only ten bottles available in Northern California. Glenmorangie 25 Years Old is an extremely rare and delectable single malt of notable age and intense, full-bodied flavour. A voluptuous, mouth-watering single malt whisky for the luxury spirits drinker who always knows what the moment calls for, and does not hesitate to enhance the moment by sharing with those around them. Bursting with depth of flavour, dried fruits, blackberries, plums and dates are mar... Read More »
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Special Order Only! Will take 5-10 days to receive this product before it can be shipped. It is very hard to find any cask of Blanoch out there! This Signatory, unchillfiltered, bottle is lovely!
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Special Order Only! Will take 3-7 days to receive this product before it can be shipped. Cask #90522 COLOR: Rich Gold. NOSE: Full and Malty, Oranges in light Syrup with Pistachio. PALATE: Thick and mouth-coating, Vanilla and White Oak. FINISH: Dry with gentle Oak, Demerara Sugar and Biscuits. 43% ABV
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Special Order Only! Will take 3-7 days to receive this product before it can be shipped. Chieftain is a collection of exceptional single malt Scotch Whiskies bottled for the connoisseur by Ian Macleod Distillers who, since 1936, have amassed unrivalled cask stocks from Scotland's many distilleries. Unchill-filtered and natural colour for a smoother and fuller traditional taste. Cask #91021 COLOR: Amber. NOSE: Fresh Vanilla, Cinnamon and Liquorice. PALATE: Full and Juicy with Botanical notes. FINISH: Pleasantly Soft and Sweet. 43% ABV
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Special Order Only! Will take 3-7 days to receive this product before it can be shipped. Established in 1987, the distillery is between Rothes and Elgin. The water comes from the nearby 'Granity Burn', one of the major tributaries of the River Spey. It is pale gold with a touch of amber in color. The nose is fresh, clean and aromatic with a rich lemony fruitiness. On the palate it is medium-bodied with a delicate, fruity character and a dry, warm, peaty finish. A lovey dram for anytime of the year and perfect for someone who is just learning about s... Read More »
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Special Order Only! Will take 3-7 business days to receive this product before it can be shipped. Please ship in the whole gift packaging with cardboard box!!!! Jim McEwan's Tasting Notes: Colour: Polished Copper Body: Rich and refined, with fantastic weight and a magnificent, mouth-filling glow. Aroma: Marzipan and fudge dominate the nose, backed by ever so subtle phenol notes. With time the spirit softens out, melon, apple notes, the perfume of a wild meadow all mingle with more robust bourbonesque notes. Palate: The main event is something special... Read More »
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Special Order Only! Will take 3-7 business days to receive this product before it can be shipped. Glengoyne distillery is about 15 miles north of Glasgow. Unlike most other single malts, Glengoyne has been preserving the essence of its flavor for decades by using air-dried barley rather than barley dried using harsh peat smoke. The result is a more subtle, complex whisky in which all of the delicate flavors are freely allowed to express themselves. Medium golden, clear and bright color, with aromas of soft, mellow oak and apple fruitiness. On the palat... Read More »
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Special Order Only! Will take 5-10 days to receive this product before it can be shipped. If you loved our exclusive cask of 1989 Bruichladdich, you are going to love it's sister cask!!!!! Again, Bruichladdich and Bourbon casks are a marriage made in Heaven!
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Special Order Only! Will take 3-7 business days to receive this product before it can be shipped. The 2008 International Wine and Spirits Competition in London, has just named Bunnahabhain 25 yr the Double Gold Medal winner, Best in Class!!! Beating: Macallan 25 & 30, Balvenie 21, etc... Color: Deep Oak Wood. Nose: Sweet orange marmalade, mature sherry oak barrel, hints of spicy cedar box and leather. Palate: Lighter in weight on the palate than the 18 year old. It starts very spicy with pumpkin seed, deep oak and sea salt. The flavors changes and t... Read More »
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Special Order Only! Will take 3-7 days to receive this product before it can be shipped. Cask #23041 COLOR: Pale Gold. NOSE: Hay, Oil, Clove and Lemon Zest. PALATE: Mouth Coating with mild Smoke and Honey, becoming Woody. FINISH: Gentle and Sweet 43% ABV
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Special Order Only! Will take 3-7 business days to receive this product before it can be shipped. Very limited, only a few bottles available! 50.7 % ABV
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Special Order Only! Will take 3-7 business days to receive this product before it can be shipped. This is a great everyday single malt for a fantastic price!
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Special Order Only! Will take 3-7 business days to receive this product before it can be shipped. 9/10 points Whisky Magazine. Dave Broom writes: "Nose: Gentle, but complex. Sultana cake, baked fruits, wild flowers, melting milk chocolate truffle. Rich, mellow and gorgeous! Palate: Lively and exciting. Complex nose: sweet spices, apple juice. Good depth and mouthfeel. Finish: Macaroon bars and light fruits. Comment: Has the wow fact that separates the very good from the truly great."
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