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Dewar's Signature
Distiller Score 93
If anything is Dewar's signature, it's honey. This bottling has it in spades. The texture is chewy and also includes berries, vanilla cream, and chocolate. Kudos to their former Master Blender, Tom Aitken for creating this blend.
Reviewed by Stephanie Moreno
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Macallan Fine Oak 25 Year
Distiller Score 93
A robust aroma of peach, blood orange and coconut greet you as you take bring the glass to your nose. There are wood spices found, but become integrated on the palate. The retro-nasal flavor profile is fruit, floral, and fresh despite the 25 years of age. A slight smoke lingers on your palate on the finish.
Reviewed by Stephanie Moreno
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Macallan The Harmony Collection Rich Cacao
Distiller Score 89
True to its name, the nose offers gooey dark chocolate brownies, fudge, and carob, all intermeshed with prunes, raw honey, and trail mix. The palate showcases cocoa powder, raspberry syrup, cinnamon, and malted milk balls. A rich and indulgent finish brings chocolate in the form of lava cake, covered raisins, and pudding, along with dates, orange zest, and wood spice.
Reviewed by Jake Emen
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Dalmore Select Edition 2008 (Bottled 2023)
Distiller Score 89
The nose is sherried and sweet, with dates, honey, vanilla wafers, and dark chocolate covered raisins. The palate is viscous and showcases cocoa powder, ginger chews, and blackberries and raspberries macerated with sugar. The finish offers oak, cacao nibs, lemon peel, and candied orange slices. A warming dram for sherry lovers.
Reviewed by Jake Emen
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Bruichladdich 1986/30 Sherry: The Magnificent Seven
Distiller Score 95
The nose is leathery, thick, and rich with chocolate, sticky toffee pudding, dried fruits and sultanas. The palate is a beauty of complexity and layered aromas, showing citrusy notes as well as pastries, tobacco leaves, coffee beans and a slight iodine touch. The finish is incredibly lingering with rancio. Overall, if you like a good old sherry bomb with plenty of complexity, this should be something up your alley!
Reviewed by Anne-Sophie Bigot
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Compass Box Hedonism The Muse
Distiller Score 94
Creamy vanilla pudding pulls you in on the nose, with peaches and cream, vanilla-covered pretzels, and tropical fruits. The palate is luscious and richly sweet, with butterscotch, trail mix with sugary dried fruits, candied apples, and plenty of vanillas. The finish is short and sweet, with quick hits of citrus, spice, and oak rounded out by that creamy vanilla sweetness encouraging you to sip again. A supreme example of blended grain whisky.
Reviewed by Jake Emen
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The Glenrothes 1985 2nd Edition
Distiller Score 93
Rich, sweet, and fruity on the nose, full of caramel, malt, buttery cinnamon toast, pears, and cream. The taste sticks with what the nose suggests then adds oak, chocolate, and orange zest to the mix. The long finish drifts dreamily from oak spice and chocolate-orange sweetness.
Reviewed by Keith Allison
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Bruichladdich 1984/32 Bourbon: All In
Distiller Score 96
Vanilla and crème brûlée lead on the nose, backed by toffee and butterscotch, oak, and a layer of bright fruits off in the back. A burst of tropical fruits then shows on the palate, with peaches and melons, and bubblegum. Sumptuously sweet and smooth, with rich vanillins and hints of black pepper and spice. The finish is long and wonderfully warming, with touches of menthol, as well as more vanilla and fruits. An absolute stunner.
Reviewed by Jake Emen
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Compass Box Stranger & Stranger
Distiller Score 92
This strange spirit showcases a wildly fruity nose with tropical bubblegum, sour apples, and a mélange of papaya, mango, and apricot, all with a strain of toffee in the background. Think creamy on the palate, with strawberries and cream alongside vanilla pudding, with honey, leather, and oak. A smooth finish offers more fruity creaminess studded with spicy black pepper, pine needles, and mint.
Reviewed by Jake Emen
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Dalmore 18 Year
Distiller Score 92
The color is dark amber and full of nuts on the nose and almost, maybe soy sauce. The whisky is quite chewy and, in fact, tastes of the Nestlé candy Chunky which is milk chocolate, raisins, and peanuts. The fruit that stands out is orange and the finish is very nutty and slightly bitter.
Reviewed by Stephanie Moreno
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Glenfarclas 40 Year
Distiller Score 94
Dark honey, roasted cereal, dark molasses, baked pears, cinnamon, maybe some walnut; these are some of the aromas found in this whisky. Going back for more you'll find orange peel, black tea, tobacco; this is something you'll want to drink by the fireplace. The finish is slightly bitter, but is lengthy.
Reviewed by Stephanie Moreno
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Craigellachie 31 Year
Distiller Score 94
Tropical fruits and peaches lead on the nose, along with meaty and sulfur-smoky aromas. The palate is oily and sets the tongue tingling, before unfolding into a super smooth sip with canned peaches, apricots, tropical fruits, vanilla, and toffee. A tantalizingly lengthy finish offers spicy dry oak, alongside a fruity-creamy spectrum of peaches and cream, Creamsicle, and vanilla pudding--all with that lingering meaty undertone.
Reviewed by Jake Emen