Speyside

This Mortlach from the Speyside distillery with the special 2.8-fold distillation process was bottled for the Special Releases 2023. Under the motto. Themed 'Spirited Xchange', this year's bottlings represent cross-cultural collaboration with a range of Single Malt expressions inspired by countries from around the world. This series of original bottlings perpetuates iconic whisky characters with curiosity, passion and Taste. The Mortlach Single Malt Whisky was matured in ex-Japanese Kanosuke whisky casks and Pinot Noir wine casks, which add a wild umami note and savoury sweetness to the end result.

This 10-year-old Linkwood was bottled exclusively for the German market and belongs to the Benchmark Series of the independent bottler Murray McDavid, who is based in Speyside at the Coleburn distillery. A wide variety of Single Malt, Grains and Blends are bottled in the respective series. Benchmark is the real heart of the range and offers small batches of distinctive, carefully matured Single Malt whiskies. These unique, limited bottlings showcase a variety of styles and display a wide range of interesting and intriguing flavours. This Linkwood was allowed to mature in a fresh Oloroso Sherry Hogshead from Jerez for almost four years.

This 33-year-old Glenlossie was released to celebrate Signatory Vintage's anniversary. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the independent bottler, Andrew Symington bottled a choice selection of old malts. Since 1988, he has been providing us with whiskies that impress with their good value for money. Each whisky comes with 2 Glencairn glasses, wooden box and certificate.

This Glen Moray Sauternes Cask is one of several bottlings from the Private Cask Series. After 18 years in storage, this Single Malt was finished in Sauternes casks and bottled at cask strength.

With The Alba Trail series, the German importer Alba Import releases bottlings from its cask stocks at renowned distilleries. This 10-year-old Tamdhu spent the last two years of its maturation in an Oloroso sherry hogshead. The Speyside Single Malt is bottled without chill-filtering and without the addition of colour.

The independent bottler Murray McDavid brings particularly old, rare and exceptional whiskies to the market in the Mission Gold series. The Coleburn Deluxe Blend is a Blended Malt Scotch Whisky blended from highly regarded distilleries in Speyside and the Highlands. The combination was matured for 20 years in an Oloroso Sherry Butt in the warehouses of the Coleburn Distillery.

This cask-strength Tormore belongs to the Connoisseurs Choice series from Gordon & MacPhail. The malt matured for a total of 29 long years. The Speyside spent its first maturing period in a refill Bourbon barrel before it was refined in a first-fill Sherry butt.

After 30 years of maturation, Malt Master Brian Kinsman bottled this Single Malt at 43% vol. The whisky came in bottles whose packaging is meant to capture this process and the perfect moment of bottling. Criss-crossing welts that reveal the bottle give the appearance of the bottle floating inside. The exact cask selection remains a well-kept secret.

This Auchroisk first spent 8 years in a hogshead and was then matured for two years in a former oloroso sherry cask. This gave the Single Malt notes of dried fruit and a pleasant sweetness. The whisky is released by the independent bottler Lady of the Glen. Rare casks are bottled here by hand, at cask strength and without chill filtering or colour. They are a tribute to the long tradition of independent bottlers from Scotland and their special bottling methods.

The sublime 25-year-old Ardmore belongs to Gordon & MacPhail's Connoisseurs Choice, in which the independent bottler seeks out rare whiskies from renowned as well as smaller distilleries and stores them in its own casks. The Single Malt Whisky, born in 1997, was matured in a refill sherry hogshead before it was bottled in 2023 at cask strength, neither chill-filtered nor coloured.

The 14-year-old Glen Spey belongs to the benchmark series of the independent bottler Murray McDavid, who is based in the Speyside at the Coleburn distillery. In his various series, he bottles a wide variety of Single Malts, Grains and Blends. In the Benchmark Series, whiskies are matured in selected casks. This Single Malt, for example, was refined in First Fill Oloroso Sherry Casks. The design of the bottle features a thicker glass base and a high-quality wooden handle cork. The noble packaging and label of this bottling shines in a fresh colour scheme of turquoise and silver shimmer.

The 11-year-old Linkwood was bottled by the independent bottler Elixir Distillers. The Single Malt was created in a hogshead, which Oliver Chilton - head blender of Elixir Distillers - personally selected.