Brands
Classic Malts
The Classic Malts Selection is the world’s finest and broadest portfolio of single malts, representing all flavors, styles and regional tastes in Scotland. Each single malt has won the highest accolades and awards from single malt connoisseurs and international spirits competitions. This portfolio also includes our distiller’s editions that are vintage bottles from regional variants.
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Caol Ila® 12 Year Old
Fresh, fruity and smooth-bodied, this 12 year old is the color of pale straw. Firm and smooth, it begins sweetly and then yields a fragrant, smoky, lingering finish.
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Caol Ila® 18 Year Old
Age introduces a golden color and a complexity to this mellow amber Caol IIa. It starts smoky-sweet on the nose and drinks smoothly with a long-lived finish.
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Cardhu® Special Cask Reserve
A deep-colored, well balanced malt whisky of exceptional flavor and smoothness in which all the luscious fruitiness is balanced by a delicious spicy dryness.
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Cardhu® 12 Year Old
Often described as “silky,” this Speyside has a spirity nose, sweet apple blossom and heathery aromas, and a well-balanced palate with a warming, dryish finish.
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Clynelish® 14 Year Old
You can almost taste the sea air in this unique maritime single malt. The 14 year old also offers sweet floral fragrances with a light, dry finish.
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Clynelish™ Distillers Edition
Brilliant, clean and refined with a great balance, it’s double-matured in Oloroso Seco casks making it easy to drink, especially as an aperitif.
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Cragganmore® 12 Year Old
An elegant spirit that’s always strived to be the sweetest, most complex of malts with rich layers of flavor and a whiff of smoke in the finish.
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Cragganmore® Distillers Edition
Cragganmore’s complexity requires port-wine casks, a unique second cask choice. It’s a sweet and deeply fruity oak-smoked malt with a long, dry finish.
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Dalwhinnie® 15 Year Old
Smooth and soft with heather, honey and delicate spice. It’s a creamy single malt with smoothness and depth that benefits from a full 15 years of aging.
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Dalwhinnie® Distillers Edition
Lovers of Dalwhinnie will appreciate the way the fragrance of Oloroso sherry overlays, but doesn’t mask, the heather honey distillery notes.
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Glenkinchie® 12 Year Old
Its light character is born from its distillation in some of Scotland’s largest stills. Matured for 12 years, the result is a light, floral whisky with a fresh, creamy taste.
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Glenkinchie® Distillers Edition
This Distiller Edition expression undergoes a secondary maturation in amontillado sherry wood casks resulting in sweeter, nuttier tones.
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Knockando™ 12 Year Old
An especially delicate, fruity and subtle Speyside. The quantity of peat and sherry casks used is carefully controlled so as not to dominate the final product.
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Knockando™ 18 Year Old
Matured slowly in sherry casks, it’s accessible in both aroma and flavor, making it easy to drink and young at heart for an 18 year old.
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Knockando™ 21 Year Old
It has a warming, fruity nose, followed by a smooth, rich body with hints of oak and nuts on the palate. It ends with an intense, peaty finish.
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Lagavulin® 16 Year Old
Aged in oak casks, this sought-after single malt has the massive peat-smoke that’s typical of southern Islay. It possesses seaweed flavors and a huge finish.
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Lagavulin® Distillers Edition
It’s full of peat while the Pedro Ximinez sherry wood naturally has a big say. A more mellow Lagavulin, it’s not as deep or intense as the 16 year old.
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Oban® 14 Year Old
Made with the finest barley and aged in oak casks for 14 years, this misty, maritime single malt is made in one of the oldest, licensed distilleries in Scotland.
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Oban™ 18 Year Old
The sweet banana and teacake notes found in the 14 year old are amplified by four extra years and balanced with a dry hint of sea salt.
Where to buyOban® Distillers Edition
Double matured in Montilla Fino casks, this is a seriously complex whisky of the highest order—a caramel malt with a zesty nose and plenty of sweet fruit.
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Royal Lochnagar™ 12 Year Old
Scottish spring water, premium barley, distiller’s yeast, and highly skilled operators make this a fragrant single malt with a delightful balance of fruit and spices.
Where to buyThe Singleton® Single Malt
This round, elegant, finely balanced malt comes from the heart of Speyside with honeyed hints of sweet vanilla from American Oak casks and lush fruit from European Oak casks.
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Talisker® 18 Year Old
A full, smooth-bodied single malt with a fruity, smoky nose, a sweet toffee palate, and the characteristic chili “catch” in the finish.
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Talisker® 10 Year Old
This full-bodied single malt has a peat-smoke nose with a hint of sea saltiness, a rich dried-fruit palate, and a long, warm, peppery finish.
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