Scotch Whisky

Lagavulin 12 year old is always one of the most anticipated bottlings in Diageo's Special Releases. As before, this is a full strength bottling from American oak casks.

The 2009 release of cask-strength Lagavulin 12 year old is a simply superb bottling. One of the highlights of this year's Special Releases, this will delight fans of the distillery.

A litre bottle of the older presentation of the now-defunct Aberlour 100 proof malt whisky, bottled at a punchy 57.1%.

This 1992 vintage Benrinnes, bottled at 21 years of age as part of Diageo's Special Releases 2014 is a big sherry-monster. Aged in sherry wood, this is a real meaty whisky – one for those who like their whiskies big and bold.

Released to celebrate the distillery's centenary, this 17 year old Benromach spent its final two years in sherry casks dating from 1886, 1895 and 1901 before bottling in 1998 by Gordon & Macphail, who had recently taken over and re-invigorated the distillery after a fifteen year distilling hiatus.

An increasingly hard-to-find old presentation of the splendid Glenmorangie 18 year old.

Lagavulin's popular limited edition Distiller's Edition, distilled in 1995, finished in Pedro Ximenez sherry casks, and bottled in 2013. An extra layer of sweetness soothes the rough edges of this much-loved dram.

As reliably excellent as ever, the 2011 Special Releases Lagavulin 12 year old was distilled in 1999 and vatted from refill American oak casks. As year oldu'd expect, this is a very upfront, sooty-sweet Lagavulin in the classic style.

Zesty oak and warm peat smoke top notes, with sweet undertones, reminiscent of fresh nutmeg and toasted almonds. Faintly salty. Laphroaig 15 year old is a smoother and more elegant elder sibling to the robust 10 year-old.