Scotland

This 8-year-old Ben Nevis from The Decanter Collection by the independent bottler Signatory Vintage is presented in an elegant Ibisco decanter. It spent its maturation period in Oloroso sherry butts before being bottled at a slightly higher drinking strength, uncoloured and non-chill-filtered.

This Dailuaine comes from the house of Murray McDavid. The independent bottler is based in Speyside at the Coleburn distillery. In his new series with a total of 6 bottlings, he includes Single Malts from all over Scotland bottled in a wide variety of oak casks. The Single Malt is matured in Bourbon Quarter Casks before being bottled without chill filtering and not coloured. Creamy and sweet with lots of fresh vanilla, ripe mango and a little cinnamon, the Speysider presents itself at the tasting.

Timorous Beastie is a Blended Malt from Douglas Laing. It was named after the shy mouse immortalised by the Scottish poet Robert Burns in his poem 'To a Mouse'.

Single casks from the Strathearn distillery were used for the Blended Malt. The finish in port casks in the damp cellars of Douglas Laing, provides a flavour profile that is ideally suited for enjoying with handmade cheese.

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This single malt from Glenlivet was created to celebrate the company's 200th anniversary. In collaboration with the design agency Talented House, the distillery motivated independent artists from all over the world to create an unconventional bottle design for the anniversary bottling. The connoisseurs and fans of the Speyside distillery chose their favourite from four designs. The single malt, matured for 12 years in American oak casks, was given a green look with hand-drawn motifs, all of which relate to the Glenlivet distillery and the production of whisky.

The Rebel's Reserve Madeira & Red Wine Cask comes from the Crafted Blend series by independent bottler Murray McDavid. It is composed of Single Malt and Single Grain whisky. 12-year-old, heavily peated malts from Caol Ila and Benriach were married with much older North British Grain. Murray McDavid is based in Speyside at the Coleburn distillery and bottles different Single Malts, Grains and Blends in its various series. In this series, whiskies are matured in selected casks. This Blended Malt whisky has been matured in Madeira wine casks and French red wine casks. The bottle is designed with a thicker glass base and a high-quality wooden grip cork. The elegant packaging and label of this bottling shine in a fresh colour scheme of silver and greenish yellow tones.

The Small Batch No. 6 from Signatory Vintage comes from the Mortlach distillery, which is based in Speyside. The single malt whisky matured for 10 years in Bolgheri red wine casks. The red wines from the Tuscan coastal town of Bolgheri are characterised by intense notes of red fruits and berries. The black tube and red label of this limited edition bottling are as elegant as the origin and the single malt itself.

This Ardmore was released exclusively for Whisky.de by the independent bottler Signatory Vintage. Andrew Symington founded his company at the end of the 80s and has always maintained good contact with the distilleries. Today, he can call a warehouse of over 10,000 casks his own.

This bottling belongs to Signatory's Un-Chillfiltered series, in which the whiskies are not chill-filtered. The Single Malts of this series have a particularly intense Taste. All bottles bear precise information about the distillation and bottling dates as well as the casks. This Ardmore matured in hogsheads and received 22 months of post-maturing in Oloroso sherry casks.

The Highland distillery Nc'nean is committed to ecological quality and sustainability. It is produced with 100% renewable energies. Owner Annabel Thomas and team combine innovative ideas with experimental approaches. With the Single Malt 'Huntress' in a dark recycled bottle, the distillery presents the result of its study with yeast - the ingredient for quite unusual flavours. For the first time, four yeast varieties were used in the production of the 2023 edition of the bottling, including red wine and white wine yeasts, which elicit notes of forest fruits and herbs from the Highlander, which is also where the nickname for the bottling comes from. For the maturation of the distillate, 35% first-fill bourbon casks and 65% STR red wine casks were used.

The Peat Monster is a Blended Malt, which is blended from strong and medium smoky malts. Due to the maturation in American oak and a small part of French oak, the smoke moves somewhat into the background, which makes the whisky very balanced and 'enjoyable'. The malt is mainly made from refilled hogsheads from Caol Ila and also refill hogshead-matured Laphroaig. In addition, there is a small portion of Highlands malts that were allowed to mature in French oak.

The Story of the Spaniard is the first release of its kind and, in addition to the various oak casks, 48% is matured in sherry casks and 25% in Spanish red wine casks. The whiskies used for this Blend all come from Highlands distilleries in and around the regions of Doune, Longmorn, Alness and Aberlour. The name is a reference to an encounter that founder John Glaser had many years ago on a trip to Spain. There, in one of the many smoky village bars, he met an elderly gentleman who told him about the local sherry wines and thus aroused his interest.

This Macallan is the second edition under the motto 'A Night On Earth in Scotland' and was bottled on the occasion of the Scottish New Year's Eve festival, Hogmanay in Gaelic. The Single Malt was matured in a selection of American first-fill ex-Bourbon casks, as well as European and American sherry-seasoned oak casks. The special gift packaging was designed in collaboration with the renowned Chinese artist Nini Sum. The artist Nini Sum lives in Shanghai and specialises in prints, mixed media, collages and murals. The outer packaging of this Macallan bottling symbolises the coming together of people during the festive season.

Knockando Slow Matured matures particularly slowly in bourbon casks and European oak sherry casks. This makes the 18-year-old Single Malt particularly soft and complex. The distillery Knockando, which means 'little black hill' in Gaelic, is located in the middle of Speyside, a region in Scotland known for its high-quality whiskies.