Created in 1968 by whisky visionary, ‘Mr George’ Urquhart, the Connoisseurs Choice range has featured more than 2,000 bottlings from almost 100 Scottish distilleries. Each Connoisseurs Choice whisky’s story is told through its label: cask type, bottling date, strength, vintage and tasting note.

Always non‐chill‐filtered, these rare single cask and small batch expressions have been created by Gordon & MacPhail’s unique expertise in matching spirit to oak casks, handed down through four generations of the same family.

This particular batch of single malt from Speyside has matured in Côte‐Rôtie casks for 2 years and has an outrun of only 2060 bottles.

Nose: rich fudge aromas lead to ripe red currants and smooth citrus zest. Strawberry liquorice is balanced by soft white pepper.

Taste: sweet summer fruit flavours combine with clementine and an undertone of roasted coffee beans. Cinnamon and ginger spice come to the fore.

Finish: a medium finish with a fresh peppermint edge.