You can’t rush luxury. Glengoyne boasts the slowest stills in Scotland. Like a slow-cooking a stew, this results in real depth of flavour and complexity in the final dram. This is aged in a generous proportion of first-fill Sherry casks for almost two decades, imparting flavours of richly spiced marmalade, Simnel cake, tropical fruit, toasted nuts, red apple crumble, milk chocolate and warming cold-day porridge. It isn’t hard to see why this 18 Year Old has picked up gold medals from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and The Spirits Business Award. A perfect eighteenth birthday or anniversary gift, that can be enjoyed on its own or with strong cheeses and roasted meats. Glengoyne is completely unpeated, so there’s no smoke behind which you could hide a dodgy cask or a poor cut. Based in Dumgoyne, this is one of the most southerly Highland whiskies you’ll find, making it a truly unique proposition. They focus on Sherry cask maturation despite the vast expense, they never colour their whiskies with caramel, they win awards for their sustainable approach to the environment and they’re owned by a Scottish family.

£17.86 per 100.00ml