Glenfarclas 40 Year Treasure Island Ed.

$2,699.99

Please note each label is unique, the one at left is an example. The following tasting note is by Jim Murray: Nose: Beautifully defined oak, which has taken on a handsomely sweet bourbon character. This is almost chestnut sweet, very softly peated and enticingly gentle. Steps up a gear when warmed in the hand with tantalising spices keeping in harmony with waxy malt and ultra-clean sherry. The way the old oak behaves itself - tows the line, is nothing short of wonderful. Taste: The oak is again first to show but remains soft and laid back and teasingly spicy. The initial burst of oak does suggest a worn dryness, but this is soon counterbalanced by a Demerara sweetness. This blends effortlessly with some heavy, intense malt and a lingering but quite unmistakable hint of liquorice, which emerges from the refined sherry-trifle middle. Finish: Long, chewy, smoky, and initially sweet with the liquorice continuing, but dries very slowly to deliver an oaky encore. Stays just to the right side of being vanilla-rich to ensure continuing charm and quality. Comments: An almost immaculate portrayal of an old fashioned, high quality malt with unblemished sherry freshness and depth. The hallmark of quality is the sherry's refusal to dominate the spicy, softly peated malt. The oak offers bourbon-ey sweetness, but ensures a rich depth throughout. Quite outstanding for its age.

Glenfiddich 30 Year

$236.24

Lending its name to the largest selling single malt in the world, Glenfiddich is said to have paved the way after WWII by bucking the trend and not supplying to blenders owned by larger conglomerates. Vision and persistence paid off, and as luck would have it, its style is very easily drinkable and appeals to a wide range. Traditionally light, smooth, with a hint of fruitiness.

Murray McDavid Ardbeg 9 Year

$82.79

Benriach 10 Year

$42.29

OMC Laphroaig 18 Year

$152.00

Douglas Laing is one of my favorite independent bottlers, because they manage to get their hands on some exceptional casks, especially from Islay. "Nose: Immediately big, sweet & round w/ creosote & tar. Palate: smoother & softer than the nose, but carrying the same character. Finish: like a hot summer beach, running dry & tarry." - Fred & Stuart Laing. From one refill butt, 638 bottles, 50% ABV.

Balvenie 1971 Vintage Cask

$719.99

Every year Balvenie Malt Master David Stewart chooses a pannel of experts to select 4 casks of whisky, 30 years of age or older to bottle as special vintage Balvenie. For this bottling three retired excisemen, who also happen to be single malt enthusiasts were given the task of helping David Stewart create a whisky. The four casks selected yeilded 848 bottles @ 46.7%. Only a few made it to Canada.

Adelphi Aultmore 14 Year

$131.39

Founded in 1826 and closed in 1960, the Adelphi Distillery Company has been revived to select and offer a range of unusual single cask malt whiskies. The cask strength whiskies are non-chill filtered with no color added. And as single cask bottlings are very rare, ranging from 200-600 bottles from each cask, the taste cannot be repeated once a cask is finished.

Adelphi Clynelish 28 Year

$206.09

Founded in 1826 and closed in 1960, the Adelphi Distillery Company has been revived to select and offer a range of unusual single cask malt whiskies. The cask strength whiskies are non-chill filtered with no color added. And as single cask bottlings are very rare, ranging from 200-600 bottles from each cask, the taste cannot be repeated once a cask is finished.

Adelphi Benrinnes 22 Year

$166.49

Founded in 1826 and closed in 1960, the Adelphi Distillery Company has been revived to select and offer a range of unusual single cask malt whiskies. The cask strength whiskies are non-chill filtered with no color added. And as single cask bottlings are very rare, ranging from 200-600 bottles from each cask, the taste cannot be repeated once a cask is finished.