Speyside

A 1970s bottle of Balvenie 8 year old, with a rather grand black leather label on its very Glenfiddich-esque bottle.

A fantastic vintage from Benromach and owners Gordon & Macphail. It's well known that G&M have some of the best casks in the industry and this is further evidence - a fruity and fresh tasting whisky with enough elegant oak influence to let you know that you're drinking something special.

Duncan Taylor's 'Rarest of the Rare' series showcases a range of single cask, cask-strength malts from distilleries that no longer exist.

An old Rare Malts bottling of Aultmore whisky, distilled in 1974. This whisky has been aged for 21 years and bottled at cask strength.

A 16-year-old Aultmore bottled to commemorate the distillery's centenary. Aged, judging by the colour, in a sherry cask, and bottled at 63% abv.

A remarkably well-priced 40 year old from Glenfarclas range; simply-packaged just like the distillery's standard bottlings, and bottled at a perfect drinking strength of 46%. A 40 year old sherried Speyside designed for drinking rather than sitting on a mantlepiece or in a display cabinet - bravo. Awarded a very well-merited Gold Medal at the Malt Maniacs Awards 2010.

A 16 year old Aultmore bottled to celebrate the distillery's 100th anniversary. It's a rare limited edition release and comes in at an eye-watering 63% abv. From the colour, it's probably safe to assume this was from a sherry cask.

A bottling of Balblair with no age statement that we believe was released in the 1960s, the days when the distillery was still owned by Robert "Bertie" Cumming.

A special bottling of whisky from Dallas Dhu, celebrating their 100th birthday in 1999. The distillery had been closed for 16 years by then, but it has since been reopened by Historic Scotland as a museum.